On Thursday 28 August 2003 11:44 am, Timothy Brown wrote: > I am resending this for the 3rd time becasue it doens't look like it > ever made the list. > List, > I need to know how to write a shell script that ftps a couple of > files up each day. Any one have any ideas? > Tim
This should help you get started. Just modify the following to suit your needs and run it from a cron job. #!/bin/bash ftp -n -v <ftpserveradress> << EOF user <username> <password> binary # or ascii cd <remotedir> mget <filename> # or mput quit EOF Be warned that the password is stored in plain text in this script, so if you're not connecting to an anonymous ftp server, you put your password at risk using this method. If you need a secure transfer, man sftp. It allows a batch file that contains the commands (similar to the above) and can be run non-interactively. -- Thomas K. Gamble Los Alamos National Laboratory Advanced Diagnostics & Instrumentation (C-ADI) p:505-665-4323 f:505-665-4267 MS-E543
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