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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Help with FTP Variable Transfer Post 302447152 by agama on Saturday 21st of August 2010 11:05:49 AM
Old 08-21-2010
I'm not at all familiar with windows batch files, so this might not be possible. However, as nobody has posted anything, I thought it might be worth considering.

In the past I have generated a file with all of the necessary ftp commands and redirected that file into ftp from the command line. In psuedo code, it looks something like this:

Code:
echo "cd $target_directory" >ftp_cmds
echo "put $file_var1" >>ftp_cmds
echo "put $file_var2" >>ftp_cmds
echo "quit" >>ftp_cmds

ftp targethost <ftp_cmds

I'm assuming that the batch processor under windows can expand a variable name on the echo, and thus the resulting file will contain the desired filename and not the unexpanded variable name.

Don't know if the windows based ftp supports a .netrc or like file in which passwords and usernames can be securely kept. If it does, I'd suggest looking into using that; it's not a good idea to have usernames/passwords floating round in your scripts.
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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 CATEGORY
Networking ftp 0.2.1 ftp::geturl(n)
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