[SunHELP] Script to automate ftp.

[John_Kennedy]

You could also use Expect.  That's kind of what it's made for...
John


Swamy_CNN at satyam-infoway.com wrote:
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> Hi all,
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>      I was trying ftp automation some time back. But in my case i wanted to
> Download the directories recursilvey. But i was unsuccesfull, wanted to know if
> any of u tried this
> 
> Regds,
> swamy c.n.n
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> Andrew,
> You can write a script, then schedule the script using cron.
> Below is the sample script:
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> cd <destination dir>
> ftp -n -v > ftp.log << EOF
> open <host name or ip-address>
> user username password
> cd <source dir>
> bin (if you are trying to get binary files)
> get <filename>
> quit
> EOF
> 
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