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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting SFTP vs FTP and going UNIX to LINUX Post 302108733 by sb008 on Wednesday 28th of February 2007 03:48:43 PM
Old 02-28-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by TimBurke
I have automated an ftp process that FTP's files from one UNIX box to another in the following format:

ftp -n -v $REMOTE_SERV << EOF
user $FTP_USER $FTP_PASS
cd $REMOTE_PATH
put $CUR_NAME $NEW_NAME
bye

But how can I accomplish this SFTPing from a UNIX box to a LINUX box?

I've seen talk about an authenication key. But, what if I don't have that set up? Am I S.O.L.?

I am a very novice shell scripter so any help (especially spelling it out for me) would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Tim
Check out the manual pages for "ssh", "ssh_keygen" and "scp".
"scp" might be better for what you try to accomplish.
 

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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS

ftp

ftp(4)								   File Formats 							    ftp(4)

NAME

       ftp - FTP client configuration file

SYNOPSIS

       /etc/default/ftp

DESCRIPTION

       Use  the ftp file to configure the behavior of the FTP client. Lines that begin with a hash symbol ("# ") are treated as comment  lines and
       are ignored.

   Behavior Directives
       The ftp file supports the following behavior directives:

       FTP_LS_SENDS_NLST=yes | no    The ls command of the ftp client sends an NLST to the FTP Server by default. Several non-Solaris clients send
				     LIST  instead.  In  order	to  make  the  Solaris	ftp  client  send  LIST when the ls command is issued, set
				     FTP_LS_SENDS_NLST to no. The value of FTP_LS_SENDS_NLST is yes by default.

       If the user sets a value for FTP_LS_SENDS_NLST in the user's environment, this value will override any FTP_LS_SENDS_NLST directive that	is
       specified in /etc/default/ftp.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5)  for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWbipr			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       ftp(1), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.11							    22 Oct 2002 							    ftp(4)
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