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Old 08-08-2012
Argument Problems with ncftpput
Hi there,

I'm having a problem with a shell script designed to FTP a folder across to a new server. I would appreciate any advice on how to get this working.

My current script is:
Code:
#/bin/bash
#

HOST=$1
USER=$2
PASS=$3
LOCALDIR=$4
REMOTEDIR=$5
echo "Running command: ncftpput -R -u '$2' -p '$3' '$1' '$5' '$4'"
ncftpput -R -u '$2' -p '$3' '$1' '$5' '$4'

I am running this from PHP, using escapeshellarg for each argument, but I can't get it working in shell or PHP. One thing to note is my passwords contain !. and all sorts.

I appreciate any help in advance.

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Last edited by vbe; 08-08-2012 at 05:06 AM..
# 2  
Old 08-08-2012
Replace all single quotes with double quotes. Single quotes prevent variable expansion in a shell-script, so $1, $2,... will be passed literally to echo and ncftpput
# 3  
Old 08-08-2012
Brilliant, thanks, it is running the command properly now, but ncftpput is erroring because of the username/password. I think this is because the password has .! in it, unfortunately I can't change this... any ideas?
# 4  
Old 08-08-2012
I don't think that .! would cause a problem. What is the exact error message?
# 5  
Old 08-08-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by hergp
I don't think that .! would cause a problem. What is the exact error message?
Basically I've got a bit further:

I now have
Code:
#/bin/bash

echo "Running command: ncftpput -R -u "$2" -p '"$3"' "$1" "$5" "$4""
ncftpput -R -u "$2" -p '"$3"' "$1" "$5" "$4"

When I run it like this:
Code:
[root@mail httpdocs]# ./ftpWebsite.sh '123.456.789.012' 'username.co.uk' 'pass.!.!.!' '/var/www/vhosts/username.co.uk/httpdocs/*' '/public_html'

It then errors this:
Code:
ncftpput: cannot open 12.4.4.2: username and/or password was not accepted for login.

BUT: When I run the command that is printed (identical) straight from the command line, it works!?!

Said command is:
Code:
ncftpput -R -u username.co.uk -p 'pass!.!.' 123.1.1.1 /public_html /var/www/vhosts/username.co.uk/httpdocs/*

# 6  
Old 08-08-2012
Does it really read '"$3"' ? Do you think it should have both sets of quotes? If so, why?
# 7  
Old 08-08-2012
Erm, sorry I'm unexperienced with shell scripting. I thought that would evaluate it, then the single quotes remained to make sure the password was accepted and didn't escape the command...
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