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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Pull a file from a remote server through a shell script Post 302188404 by era on Wednesday 23rd of April 2008 11:38:41 AM
Old 04-23-2008
The FTP protocol has commands for getting the file size, but the output format etc was never standardized and what you get from a random Windoze box might be a bit tacky. Anyway, the big problem with using a run-of-the-mill ftp client is that once you have started the client, you can't easily interact with it.

My first suggestion would be to look at more feature-oriented ftp clients such as lftp or ncftp. My second suggestion, half in jest, would be to cobble together your own little simple client from Perl and chewing gum. Probably Python has good libraries for this, too (actually most likely better out of the box than Perl). Unless of course you can install a better server over on the Wintendo box (SSH has the added benefit that it is also secure).
 

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ftp::geturl(n)							    ftp client							    ftp::geturl(n)

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NAME
ftp::geturl - Uri handler for ftp urls SYNOPSIS
package require Tcl 8.2 package require ftp::geturl ?0.2.1? ::ftp::geturl url _________________________________________________________________ DESCRIPTION
This package provides a command which wraps around the client side of the ftp protocol provided by package ftp to allow the retrieval of urls using the ftp schema. API
::ftp::geturl url This command can be used by the generic command ::uri::geturl (See package uri) to retrieve the contents of ftp urls. Internally it uses the commands of the package ftp to fulfill the request. The contents of a ftp url are defined as follows: file The contents of the specified file itself. directory A listing of the contents of the directory in key value notation where the file name is the key and its attributes the asso- ciated value. link The attributes of the link, including the path it refers to. BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK This document, and the package it describes, will undoubtedly contain bugs and other problems. Please report such in the category ftp of the Tcllib SF Trackers [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=12883]. Please also report any ideas for enhancements you may have for either package and/or documentation. SEE ALSO
ftpd, mime, pop3, smtp KEYWORDS
ftp, internet, net, rfc 959 ftp 0.2.1 ftp::geturl(n)
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