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Special Forums IP Networking Automated FTP task Post 53587 by mhersant on Tuesday 20th of July 2004 06:34:49 AM
Old 07-20-2004
I would use Perl. Any version newer that 5.0x has the necessary Net::FTP module.

#!/usr/bin/perl

use Net::FTP;

$ftp = Net::FTP->new("MACHINE_NAME", Debug => 0)
or die "Cannot connect to some.host.name: $@";

$ftp->login("USER_NAME",'PASSWORD')
or die "Cannot login ", $ftp->message;

$ftp->cwd("/pub")
or die "Cannot change working directory ", $ftp->message;

$ftp->get("that_file.tar.gz")
or die "get failed ", $ftp->message;

$ftp->quit;

You could then stuff this into the user cron. Hard coding the username and password does present obvious security issues. If you're interested in Perl, check out cpan.org and perlmonks.org

http://search.cpan.org/~gbarr/libnet-1.19/Net/FTP.pm
 

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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 ftp 0.2.1 ftp::geturl(n)
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