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Old 06-12-2006
Random parameters passing in FTP script
Hi

I have a question.

In the FTP script if we are passing all the required value like Hostname, username, password, Action(put or get), Filename, & mode(ascii or binary) through parameters then we have to pass these in the exact orders in which they are taken like if we defined Username=$2 then we have to pass this as the second parameter.

Now if the user is completely unaware of the parameters numbering & passes all the parameters randomly, is there a way to identify which value belongs to which parameters.

Thanks
Sourabh
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Old 06-12-2006
use options and getopts
Make your script accept options like Unix commands.

Code:
myftpscript.sh -h hostname -m mode -u user -p passwd -a action -U usage

Use getopts inside the script to assign the actual values. See this linkfor some pointers towards getopts.
Last edited by ranj@chn; 06-12-2006 at 12:11 PM.. Reason: typo
# 3  
Old 06-12-2006
Random parameters passing in FTP script
Hi

Seems a fanstastic solution, hey can u suggest some more alternative in which the user just pass only the values without any option as user still have to be aware of -h for hostname etc.

Really appreciate ur previous reply and will use that


Thanks
Sourabh
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