Hello, all!

How can I use ftp commands for autoconnection to ftp-server from from UNIX script?
Shell is sh.
I have login and pass (I should connect not as anonymous).
By this time I have tried the next (Server-name is ftp:\\serv.com, user is 'user' and pass is 'pass').

1. ftp -P serv.com user pass
answer is: '-P unknown option.'
But I got it from man ftp.
Strange...

2. ftp serv.com user pass
anser is: 'usage: ftp host-name [port]'.
and etc...

I'm not advanced in UNIX, so, sorry for stupid questions
Please, feel free to ask me if need

Thx. a lot!

start with a here document - this example uses EOF as the boundary delimiter fro the here document.

Still the same result is: 'usage: ftp host-name [port]'
Code I used is bellow:

ftp -n <<EOF
open ftpserver.com
user myuser mypass
EOF

I just wanted to connect to the server without file transfer...
Is 'put file to ftp' important action in this situation?

Many thx., Jim!

There are only a few things you can do with an ftp connection- what do you want to do with your ftp?

Yes, I need to transfer file to server in farther.
But now I just trying to create connection from command line by one command string.
If I do it then I will create a script with file transferring.
The problem is not in file transfering but in autoconnection.
In interaction mode I login to server and transfer files successfully and now I just want to automatize it.
That's all.

Many thx!