Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi i've removed the macro and now this is the new output:

Code:

Connected to 192.168.27.147 (192.168.27.147).
220 TYPSoft FTP Server 1.11 ready...
Unknown .netrc keyword put
Unknown .netrc keyword /tmp/elaboralog/20110928-totale.txt
Unknown .netrc keyword quit
331 Password required for nsm_ftp.
230 User nsm_ftp logged in.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp>

You can keep the macro. You just need to call it.

Code:

ftp -i 192.168.27.147 2100 << ! > /tmp/elaboralog/ftp_log_phase2
$ backup
!

And the compelling reasons for not using scp?

Because of the customer is 'compelling' what i have to do

And the customer, as we know, is always right

I was asking only as it's so long since I touched a .netrc file, I've forgotten most everything about it and FTP!

We seem to have a fundamental problem here.
The error messages are "Unknown .netrc keyword".

The sole and only purpose of a the file called ".netrc" is to hold the username and password to access a remote ftp server. One line per server:
e.g.
machine myservername login myaccount password mypassword

The commands to ftp should not be in the ".netrc" file.

In essence the answer is:

Code:

ftp -i myservername < myfilecontainingcommands > myoutputfile

The "ftp" will read a correctly formatted ".netrc" file to find out the password (providing that the .netrc file is in the right place and has the right permissions).

If this doesn't crack it, please mention what Operating System (and version) and what Shell you are using.

That is not an accurate statement.

It is possible to define macros in the .netrc file, that do contain FTP commands.

The errors the user shows are because the macdef command was removed (but the FTP commands for it were not).

The second code segment in post #1 shows a perfectly valid .netrc file.

@scottn
I see what you mean but the ".netrc" quoted is not valid on normal "ftp" because the "machine" line is split into multiple lines. I didn't notice the "macdef" line ... but I now believe it to be surplus.