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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Expect - get, then move files within FTP site? Post 302402754 by mbourgon on Wednesday 10th of March 2010 02:35:35 PM
Old 03-10-2010
Expect - get, then move files within FTP site?

Trying to do the following, and it looks like Expect is probably my best bet. Any help greatly appreciated

1) Log onto ftp site
2) Go to folder
3) GET all files matching basename*.txt
4) MOVE those files to a subfolder on the ftp site. I don't need to move it on MY computer, I want to move the files on the site to a subfolder, so that if there are any problems the files are still accessable. This is acceptable by the site owner.

Example:
spawn ftp myftp
expect "username:"
send "hi\r"
expect "password:"
send "mom\r"
expect "ftp>"
send "prompt\r"
expect "ftp>"
send "cd getme\r"
expect "ftp>"
send "mget basename*.txt\r"
expect "ftp>"
(code I need - move all files I just got to folder getme\processed)
send "bye\r"
expect eof
 

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ftp::geturl(3tcl)						    ftp client							 ftp::geturl(3tcl)

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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 CATEGORY
Networking ftp 0.2.1 ftp::geturl(3tcl)
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