01-29-2015
Automate [ls]ftp
Heyas
Seen some of the ftp posts here and knowing i'll be writing a script using ftp soon, so i thought i'd write a script to automate, or at least simplify some basic tasks with it.
I'm currently stuck at handling active/passiv modes.
Neither lftp nor sftp seem to support them by arguments, lftp does, using ~/.lftp.
So my question is:
Does
sftp support to be forced using active or passive mode?
If it does, i must oversee this in the manpage
I do acknowledge its using ssh, but i still hope there is a 'toggle' for active/passive mode.
Is ftp the only command actualy allowing a toggle to use active or passive mode?
Might
wget be a better option to be included in this script handler?
Thank you in advance
Regards
sea
Note:
I found these posts, which might be resourcefull during this task for other things not mentioned above.
Just posted them here, so i dont have to use the search function again.
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LEARN ABOUT OSX
ftp_geturl
ftp::geturl(n) ftp client ftp::geturl(n)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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)