unattended ftp

1998-10-12 Thread Rahul Sood 
Excuse if this is a FAQ, but how can I set up a shell script to ftp to a
host and retrieve a file?

-R. Sood
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Re: unattended ftp

1998-10-12 Thread Ole J. Tetlie 
*-Rahul Sood [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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| Excuse if this is a FAQ, but how can I set up a shell script to ftp to a
| host and retrieve a file?

If you install ncftp, you get a program called ncftpget that can be
used to get files non-interactively (eg in a script).

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Re: unattended ftp

1998-10-12 Thread A. M. Varon 
On 12 Oct 1998, Ole J. Tetlie wrote:

 *-Rahul Sood [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
  Excuse if this is a FAQ, but how can I set up a shell script to ftp to a
  host and retrieve a file?

wget. no shell script necessary to get a file. Handles anonymous and
password protected FTP sites.

regards, 

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Re: unattended ftp

1998-10-12 Thread David S. Zelinsky 
Rahul Sood [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 Excuse if this is a FAQ, but how can I set up a shell script to ftp to a
 host and retrieve a file?

Some have suggested using ncftp or wget to do this.  That may be the best way
to go.

However, it is also possible to do it with plain-old ftp.  You have to specify
the login and password in a file called `.netrc' in your home directory.  Then
`ftp' to a host listed in that file can be invoked from a script.

See `man ftp' for details.

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Re: unattended ftp

1998-10-12 Thread Vincent Murphy 
I would definitely recommend wget for this. Excellent utility, with excellent
docs (use info). It'll work through http proxies and everything.

regards,
vinny

Re: unattended ftp

1998-10-12 Thread aqy6633 
 | Excuse if this is a FAQ, but how can I set up a shell script to ftp to a
 | host and retrieve a file?
 
 If you install ncftp, you get a program called ncftpget that can be
 used to get files non-interactively (eg in a script).

Not necessaraly with ncftp, plain fto will do. In a script:

#!/bin/sh

ftp -i -n host EOI
user userid passwd
cd /some/dir
bin
get somefile save/file/name
bye
EOI


Alex Y.
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Re: unattended ftp

1998-10-12 Thread Rob Collins 
You could write a script like:
/home/foobar/ftp.script:

user foobar foobars_password
lcd /home/foobar
get filename


and then execute it whenyou want, or put it in cron... like this:
/var/spool/cron/crontabs/foobar:

0 0 * * * ftp -n -i /home/foobar/ftp.script



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On Mon, 12 Oct 1998, A. M. Varon wrote:

 On 12 Oct 1998, Ole J. Tetlie wrote:
 
  *-Rahul Sood [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  
   Excuse if this is a FAQ, but how can I set up a shell script to ftp to a
   host and retrieve a file?
 
 wget. no shell script necessary to get a file. Handles anonymous and
 password protected FTP sites.
 
 regards, 
 
 == == Andre M. Varon  Lasaltech Incorporated
 == == Technical Head  Fax-Tel: (034)435-0836
 == = ==
 ==== ==   E-mail  : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  ==   WebPage : http://andre.lasaltech.com
 
 
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