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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting return ftp status Post 78543 by Perderabo on Wednesday 20th of July 2005 10:05:48 AM
Old 07-20-2005
We have service providers who deliver data to us. The only technique they support is FTP to their site. We have 6 of these and we need the data file each business day. We also provide data and our perferred method is via http. A few clients demand ftp service and we aren't going to turn them away. We also would use sftp where we can, but only one client has gone for that. sftp is not any eaisier to script. We would turn away business before we open the r-commands to the internet.

I am dismayed to learn that my scripts may be in violation of the ftp standards. What specification forbids automated ftp? I musta missed that as I read the rfc's...
 

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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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