Sarah: Do you still have a problem or is this an older post? You inquired about the EOF in an earlier post. EOF is just a token, signaling the script to read from the standard input until it encounters that token. Hence the EOF again in the last line.
HTH, mani On Apr 9, 4:34 pm, Sarah Alawami <[email protected]> wrote: > > I would like to thank everyone who helped. after much hair pulling i got it > > to work. > > 1. make my script in the usual way but the file is just for entering in ftp > commands. > > 2. this is where I got stuck. > > open the .netrc file in the terminal. > open -a TextEdit.app ~/.netrc > > and put this in the .netrc > file. > machine ftpaddress log in userstring password passwordstring > > leave a blank line between the entries and you are good to go. > > 3. Now in the terminal type ftp ftpaddress and it should log you in. > > Take care. > > S > > On Apr 8, 2010, at 12:43 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: > > > > > After a little googling and testing, this worked: > > > ftp -n server_name <<EOF > > quote user cblouch > > quote pass xxxxxx > > binary > > put filename.xyz > > quit > > > Of course you would put in your own server anme, username and password. I > > just put this in a text file and then did a chmod a+x to make it > > executable. Then I just did ./test_file to run my test file. > > > Hope this helps. > > > CB > > > mani wrote: > > >> If you don't mind, can you send me the script, as is, again? Of > >> course without the original userid and password. > >> You can send it to me offline if you wish. > >> Thanks, > >> mani > > >> On Apr 7, 10:13 pm, Sarah Alawami <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> no go. I did not even connect this time. > > >>> Growl! > >>> On Apr 7, 2010, at 7:03 PM, mani wrote: > > >>>> Oh no! I know this is frustrating but can you try one last thing: > > >>>> ftp > >>>> open ftpstring > >>>> user userstring passwordstring > >>>> ... > >>>> ... > > >>>> I hope this works. Once you solve this, can you tell me what the fix > >>>> was? :) > > >>>> mani > > >>>> On Apr 7, 9:55 pm, Sarah Alawami <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>> I tried both ways with and with out the colen, even an equals sign > >>>>> between things and still no go. > >>>>> On Apr 7, 2010, at 6:44 PM, mani wrote: > > >>>>>> I am assuming you don't have the colon character after the user in all > >>>>>> the solutions I proposed. > > >>>>>> mani > >>>>>> On Apr 7, 9:36 pm, Sarah Alawami <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>>>> still no go. I still got tha todd message. it is like it is not > >>>>>>> seeing the username or pasword strings I type in. I don't want ot > >>>>>>> type them in by hand each time hence why I'm trying to make the batch > >>>>>>> file. It is saved right according to the google article I found. it > >>>>>>> was a post on a blog. > > >>>>>>> Take care. > >>>>>>> On Apr 7, 2010, at 6:11 PM, mani wrote: > > >>>>>>>> Sarah: > >>>>>>>> Can you try > > >>>>>>>> user userstring passwordstring > >>>>>>>> bin > >>>>>>>> ... > > >>>>>>>> Thanks, > >>>>>>>> mani > > >>>>>>>> On Apr 7, 8:45 pm, Sarah Alawami <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>>>>>> Ok I tried everything I could think of and this comes up on the > >>>>>>>>> terminal. > > >>>>>>>>> ftp.podbean > >>>>>>>>> Connected to ftphost > >>>>>>>>> 220 "welcome to ftphostFTP service" > >>>>>>>>> Name (ftp7.podbean.com:sarahalawami): > > >>>>>>>>> I left the last thing in tact as it looked very odd. > > >>>>>>>>> I think I'm close but I can't put my finger on what oculd be worng. > > >>>>>>>>> Take care. > > >>>>>>>>> S > >>>>>>>>> On Apr 7, 2010, at 5:16 PM, mani wrote: > > >>>>>>>>>> Sarah: > >>>>>>>>>> I think you have to do: > > >>>>>>>>>> ftp ftpaddressstring > >>>>>>>>>> user: usernamestring > >>>>>>>>>> passwordstring > >>>>>>>>>> ... > >>>>>>>>>> ... > > >>>>>>>>>> HTH, > >>>>>>>>>> Thanks, > >>>>>>>>>> mani > > >>>>>>>>>> On Apr 7, 8:02 pm, Ben Mustill-Rose <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>>>>>>>> Just a stab in the dark, but where you have > >>>>>>>>>>> ftp ftpstring > >>>>>>>>>>> have you tryed > >>>>>>>>>>> ftp user:passw...@url > > >>>>>>>>>>> Someone correct me if I've got the syntax wrong, its been a while. > > >>>>>>>>>>> On 08/04/2010, Sarah Alawami <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>>>>>>>>> Hello to all. > > >>>>>>>>>>>> I'm making a btch script to connect ot an ftp server. I'm very > >>>>>>>>>>>> close but it > >>>>>>>>>>>> would not type in the username and pass even thoug it is there. > >>>>>>>>>>>> here is the > >>>>>>>>>>>> script omiting the address usernamd and password. > > >>>>>>>>>>>> Take Am I doing something wrong here? > > >>>>>>>>>>>> ftp ftpaddressstring > >>>>>>>>>>>> user: usernamestring > >>>>>>>>>>>> password passwordstring > >>>>>>>>>>>> bin > >>>>>>>>>>>> lcd desktop > > >>>>>>>>>>>> am I missing something here? sory about the odd info I filled in > >>>>>>>>>>>> there > >>>>>>>>>>>> places but yeah. > > >>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks. and I am close I just don't know what I'm doing wring. > > >>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks. > > >>>>>>>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the > >>>>>>>>>>>> Google Groups > >>>>>>>>>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. > >>>>>>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to > >>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]. > >>>>>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]. > >>>>>>>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at > >>>>>>>>>>>>http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > >>>>>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >>>>>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > >>>>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to > >>>>>>>>>> [email protected]. > >>>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>>>>>>>>> [email protected]. > >>>>>>>>>> For more options, visit this group > >>>>>>>>>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > >>>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >>>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > >>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>>>>>>> [email protected]. > >>>>>>>> For more options, visit this group > >>>>>>>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>>>>> [email protected]. > >>>>>> For more options, visit this group > >>>>>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > >>>> -- > >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>>> [email protected]. > >>>> For more options, visit this group > >>>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "MacVisionaries" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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