Re: Hands off ftp

[Shawn Mattingly <smattin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Try the expect extentions to TCL.  It's the only way I know how to
completely automate something like FTP from a script.

Shawn

bob@acm.org wrote:

> I want ot do ftp operations with a script, maybe kicking off
> that script from a cron job.
>
> I tried things like...
>
> ftp < scriptfile >out1 >&out2
>
> Where scriptfile is the usual sort of ftp session....
>
>    open overthere.com
>    bobby
>    mypassword
>    cd /pub/upload/directory
>    lcd /home/bobby/myjunk
>    put latest.ad.greatest.tgz
>    cd /pub/download
>    get newestpackage.tgz
>    close
>    quit
>
> The thing runs for a few seconds and then says
> ...stopped (ttyp output) or words to that effect.
>
> If I type
> ftp < scriptfile
> and wait, The thing works, but I have to press <ENTER> a couple
> of times.
>
> I understnad that I have not surrogated all the I/O, but what have
> I missed?
>
> Thanks for any answers in advance.
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