> -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Paul L. Rogers > Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 1:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: ftp question, not really Linux >
<snip> > Are you sure that your FTP client doesn't already support > this feature? I've done this on Linux as well as at least > one version of Unix. > > From "man ftp": > > If the first character of the file name is '|', the > remainder of the argument is interpreted as a shell > command. Ftp then forks a shell, using popen(3) with > the argument supplied, and reads (writes) from the > stdout (stdin). If the shell command includes spaces, > the argument must be quoted; e.g. ``" ls -lt"''. A > particularly useful example of this mechanism is: > ``dir more''. > > For example: > > $ ftp myisp.com > ... > ftp> put "|cat /etc/hosts" myhosts > local: |cat /etc/hosts remote: myhosts > 200 PORT command successful > 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for myhosts > 226 Transfer complete. > 377 bytes sent in 0.00 secs (3916.6 kB/s) > > [snip] > > > Hope everybody had a good holiday. > > Thanks and may each of you have a blessed new year! > > Paul WONDERFUL!!! I never even thought to look. This really helps because it turns out that I cannot "put" a file that is created via a "mkfifo". The ftp client reports "not a text file" or some such thing. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its' content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
