Hi this is about using .netrc with multiple macro definitions for a single target server. I have seen this done successfully before, but am having trouble getting it working here.

my .netrc file is like the following:

machine server1
login userid1
password userpwd1

macdef ftp_cobol_from_prd
prompt
ascii
lcd /dir1/dir2/
cd /dira/dirb/dirc
mget *.cbl
bye

macdef ftp_logs_from_prd
prompt
ascii
lcd /dirz/dir1/log
cd /dirq/dir1/log
mget *.log
bye

macdef ftp_reports_from_prd
prompt
ascii
lcd /dir1/rpt/prd
cd /dirm/rpt
mget *.rpt
bye

From my shell script I call each macro like this:

echo '$ftp_cobol_from_prd'|ftp server1

Normally I can call each macdef and get it to work fine. I seem to be having issues though. The only macdef that gets executed is the first one no matter which macro I call.
As I said I have seen this work before, I am missing something, though.

Any Ideas?

Thanks!