Re: Non interactive ftp

From: Robert Binkley (leebinkley_at_YAHOO.COM)
Date: 09/17/05

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    ftp
    prompt
    mget *

    --- Damir Delija <ddelija@PUBLIC.SRCE.HR> wrote:

    > On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 05:08:19PM +0500,
    > Faisalq@CYBER.NET.PK wrote:
    > > Hi,
    > >
    > > Currently when we do ftp host, it asks for
    > userid/password and then
    > > put/get needs to be entered.
    > >
    > > How can this be done in batch mode, so that all
    > files to be transferred
    > > can be specified in one go and userid/password
    > prompt is also not
    > > displayed.
    > >
    > > Thanks.
    >
    > Hi !
    >
    > You can use .netrc mechanism to authenticate user
    > and do transfer trough script, in here document
    >
    > like
    >
    > ftp host << EOF
    > comands
    >
    > EOF
    >
    > but I suggest to use perl and net module
    > you'll have full program control on transfer
    >
    > it is much more flexible but not so usuall,
    > there are exmaples in "perl cookbook" by Oreyli
    >
    > Damir
    >

    Robert Lee Binkley leebinkley@yahoo.com
     IBM AIX Specialist Certified
     HP-UX System Administration Certified
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