First, don't put username and password in a script. Use instead a file called .netrc
Second, the mget command is for multiple files. Try using get instead.
Are you sure the file exists? What happens when you use the ls command to ftp instead?
Also, consider installing and using lftp instead. Not only does it grok multiple protocols including FTP, SFTP and FTPS; it comes with a shell wrapper lftpget for fetching single or multiple files.
Hi all,
I have 1 problem in my solaris 8 server. The problem is in every nite that will run a cron job to download file from external ftb server. This crob job starter running find, but after running for 4 minute, that ftp services is hang that, until we need kill this process.
My question... (3 Replies)
Hi all,
I'm having problems downloading files from ftp server. I have to download only those files that name starts with YYYYMMDD.But file comes like the format "20080624221035.TXT".Also how i can get list of all file names with in specified folder.
Here i paste my code
ftp -vn... (1 Reply)
Hi,
I have a simple ftp shell script which can download the entire file, however I want to know if there is anyway that I can download only the partial content, say X bytes from a file. If so, how I can do it using ftp and http..
Here is my sample script
#!/bin/sh
HOST='xyz.com' ... (5 Replies)
Dear all,
Hope you are doing well.
I am in trouble to write a shell for ftp downloading the latest file from remote server.
Situation:
There is a directory named 'weekly' which contains .csv files with the following pattern: RES_EN_100417-080003.csv.Z. The new file is generated... (3 Replies)
Hello All,
I am trying to connect to ftp server and get the files. Also i need to rename the file in other ftp dir.
rename method is not allowing me to rename the file in other dir. When i tried copy command by using net::FTP:FILE then perl says it is not installed.
Can some body help me to... (2 Replies)
Dear Friends,
I need help to write a shell / perl script to download the files from FTP location, having different file names (date inside the file name).
Example:
Mar 5 09:24 cfx_03052013_return_file.txt
Mar 6 02:13 cfx_03062013_return_file.txt
Mar 7 06:40... (3 Replies)
Hi,
I have few files at FTP location and have written a script to download the same from ftp based on the sysdate - 1, however with the below code I am unable to download the files from FTP.
x=`TZ=CST+24 date +%Y%m%d`
mget Daily_BIH_$x_NEW.tar.gz
can anyone please help me in... (10 Replies)
Hello this is my first post in this forum , I dont want to be unhappy..
I am writing one script but facing difficulty to find the latest file with some new pattern
My requirement is
1. The file is coming like "ABCD-23220140303" at FTP server once in a week.
2. script will run on daily... (3 Replies)
Hello,
Wanted to download the yesturday's or current date-1 file through shell script
Mode: FTP
OS: AIX
if today is 13th May then file would be available as below.
File Pattern:201401148682_daily_2014-05-12.txt.zip
Help.. (4 Replies)
Hi All,
Please help.
I have requirement to read the file / folder based on the latest date and download the file and folder.
There will be files and folders in the location like
20140630-144422
20140630-144422.csv
20140707-182653
20140707-182653.csv
20140710-183153... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: Praveen Pandit
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LEARN ABOUT X11R4
netrc
NETRC(5) BSD File Formats Manual NETRC(5)NAME
netrc -- user configuration for ftp
SYNOPSIS
~/.netrc
DESCRIPTION
This file contains configuration and autologin information for the File Transfer Protocol client ftp(1).
The .netrc file contains login and initialization information used by the auto-login process. It resides in the user's home directory. The
following tokens are recognized; they may be separated by spaces, tabs, or new-lines:
machine name
Identify a remote machine name. The auto-login process searches the .netrc file for a machine token that matches the remote
machine specified on the ftp command line or as an open command argument. Once a match is made, the subsequent .netrc tokens are
processed, stopping when the end of file is reached or another machine or a default token is encountered.
default This is the same as machine name except that default matches any name. There can be only one default token, and it must be after
all machine tokens. This is normally used as:
default login anonymous password user@site
thereby giving the user automatic anonymous ftp login to machines not specified in .netrc. This can be overridden by using the -n
flag to disable auto-login.
login name
Identify a user on the remote machine. If this token is present, the auto-login process will initiate a login using the specified
name.
password string
Supply a password. If this token is present, the auto-login process will supply the specified string if the remote server requires
a password as part of the login process. Note that if this token is present in the .netrc file for any user other than anonymous,
ftp will abort the auto-login process if the .netrc is readable by anyone besides the user.
account string
Supply an additional account password. If this token is present, the auto-login process will supply the specified string if the
remote server requires an additional account password, or the auto-login process will initiate an ACCT command if it does not.
macdef name
Define a macro. This token functions like the ftp macdef command functions. A macro is defined with the specified name; its con-
tents begin with the next .netrc line and continue until a null line (consecutive new-line characters) is encountered. If a macro
named init is defined, it is automatically executed as the last step in the auto-login process.
SEE ALSO ftp(1), ftpd(8)Linux NetKit (0.17) September 23, 1997 Linux NetKit (0.17)