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Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 5:23 PM
Subject: [SLUG] Basic ftp script question
> I want to create a basic ftp script to push /pull some website log files.
>
> I need to get them both from windoze and linux machines on to a central
> machine.
>
> I was thinking to create a ftp script to transfer them but I don't know
how
> to supply the passord for basic ftp ? I can do it for ncftp using
> the ftp://username:password@host syntax but I would prefer to use basic
> ftp on windoze and push the logs to the other machine.
You want to use the right tool for the right job.
Consider using Perl + Net::FTP.
And yes, Perl does run on Win32 systems [see ActivePerl].
C.
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