Thanks Rick, That's exactly what I need. Jay P.s I don't have "expect" on this machine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick O'Shaughnessy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 12:39 PM Subject: Re: [vox-tech] FTPing in a script > > A better answer to your question of how to do it from within your > script: > > #!/usr/bin/ksh > ftp -n <<EOF > open lawprd01 > user jstrauss password > ls > EOF > > The -n option supresses auto-login; which tries to use either .netrc > or your current login name. > > Hope this helps. > > Rick > > > Jay Strauss wrote: > > > > Is there anyway to ftp within a shell script. I can't make it past the > > login. for example: > > > > #!/usr/bin/ksh > > ftp lawprd01<<EOF > > jstrauss > > password > > EOF > > > > > ./tmp > > Password:Name (lawprd01:jstrauss): > > Login incorrect. > > Login failed. > > ?Invalid command > > > > Jay Strauss > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
