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Old 09-30-2009
Ftp-mget

For the below mentioned code..Files are getting transferred from first mget statement alone ie from /home/Arun/*EF01/...Could someone help me regarding this

ftp -vn <<EOD >$LOG
open
user
lcd
ascii
mget /home/Arun/*EF01/GLHEC*
mget /home/Arun/*EF03/GLHEC*
mget /home/Arun/*EF04/GLHEC*
prompt off
quit
EOD
# 2  
Old 09-30-2009
try -i
Code:
ftp -vni <<EOD >$LOG

# 3  
Old 10-01-2009
Hii...Thanks a lot..That worked great...

Could you tell me what is the difference between -vn and -vni
# 4  
Old 10-01-2009
Code:
     -i              Turns off interactive prompting during  mul-
                     tiple file transfers.

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