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FTP from list help, using an old post
I am trying to use this old post from bbabr about ftp and I am running into a little snag with the second part of the todo.lst.
for some reason the password is not being accepted. Here is the original code that was posted here some years back.
I am having problems with this piece so far: echo >>todo.lst user [user] [password]


Quote:
Originally Posted by bbabr

That did the job!

I managed to get the file list, create the todo.lst and run it. One thing I found, though, is that you have to delete the todo.lst after running the script. If not, the next time you run it, it will append to the file.

Below is the script I have. Any comments and suggestions on making it better would be greatly appreciated.
Code:
#!/bin/sh
clear
# change local directory
cd [local-directory]

#collect file names
ftp -ni ftp.abccompany.com <<EOF
user [user] [password]
cd /OUT
mls W945*.* list.txt 
quit
EOF

# create ftp action list
echo >>todo.lst user [user] [password]
while read N
do
    echo >>todo.lst cd /OUT
    echo >>todo.lst get $N
    echo >>todo.lst rename $N ARCHIVE/$N
done <list.txt

echo >>todo.lst quit

# ftp transfer process
ftp -nv ftp.abccompany.com <todo.lst

# cleanup
rm todo.lst

Thanks again!


---------- Post updated at 01:36 PM ---------- Previous update was at 12:57 PM ----------

Actually the very last part is where I am having the issue: # ftp transfer process
ftp -nv ftp.abccompany.com <todo.lst

How do I recall the todo.lst to transfer the files

---------- Post updated 02-11-10 at 09:52 AM ---------- Previous update was 02-10-10 at 01:36 PM ----------

Has anyone figured out how to recall the todo.lst to actually get the files?
Thanks
Last edited by pludi; 02-10-2010 at 01:29 PM.. Reason: sanitation
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