[SunHELP] Script to automate ftp.

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Hi all,

     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:

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