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# 15  
Old 06-23-2004
Quote:
Originally posted by Perderabo
I need to do a lot of automated ftp jobs myself. I have tried several versions of this and have finally settled on a style of script that I like. I found that using a .netrc file to automate the logging-in process kept painting me into a corner because different scripts needed to sign in as different users. So I avoid .netrc and force the script to sign in. I don't like to allocate pty's unless I really am forced into it, so I also avoid pty based tools like expect. I really like ksh so that was my tool of choice. And I like the co-process concept because it makes feeding commands into the ftp process so easy with "print -p". The only problem is that the co-process manipulates standard-out so as to make it available to "read -p". And it's too hard to know how many "read -p" I will need. So I send the output to a different file descriptor. Putting it all together:

Code:
#! /usr/bin/ksh

HOST=remote.host.name
USER=whoever
PASSWD=whatever

exec 4>&1
ftp -nv >&4 2>&4 |&

print -p open $HOST
print -p user $USER $PASSWD
print -p cd directory
print -p binary
print -p put tar.gz

wait
exit 0

That script will tranfer the file and the output of the script will be the output from the ftp job itself. Put the script into cron and save the output so you can look at it the next morning.
Hi:
I tried your script .. somehow it doesnt work with SFTP it still asks for password......
#!/usr/bin/ksh
exec 4>&1
sftp user@host >&4 2>&4 |&
print -p cd outgoing
print -p put test1
wait
exit 0
~

Any suggestions?
# 16  
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
# 17  
Old 02-10-2005
Question Getting specific files

Does this option allow for getting a specific file? What I am looking for is to ftp the log from the previous day that is in YYYYMMDD.log format. I don't wnat to use the mget and keep transfering the older logs as well.

Thx for any updates.

Scott
# 18  
Old 06-04-2005
Thank you very much

Thank you very much for the explanation and example of this script. I had to install korn shell for the command interpreter, but at 330KB I think I can spare the diskspace.

Smilie

Here is a link to my application of this.

NASLite server

Rick D.
Brockville, Canada
# 19  
Old 06-06-2005
ups sorry its not this hall

Last edited by 7107jose; 06-06-2005 at 04:28 PM..
# 20  
Old 09-28-2005
does anyone have a C shell version of this

#! /usr/bin/csh -f




#*************************************************
#! /usr/bin/ksh

HOST=remote.host.name
USER=whoever
PASSWD=whatever

exec 4>&1
ftp -nv >&4 2>&4 |&

print -p open $HOST
print -p user $USER $PASSWD
print -p cd directory
print -p binary
print -p put tar.gz

wait
exit 0
# 21  
Old 02-06-2006
Output to File and Screen

Hi,

Iam using this part of script in a shell script...

#! /usr/bin/ksh

HOST=remote.host.name
USER=whoever
PASSWD=whatever

exec 4>&1
ftp -nv >&4 2>&4 |&

print -p open $HOST
print -p user $USER $PASSWD
print -p cd directory
print -p binary
print -p put tar.gz
print -p bye

I want the output to be on screen and to a logfile.

The Tee wont work bcos Iam not just doing ftp.

Any Ideas...
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