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# 8  
Old 11-03-2010
Maybe you need to use the absolute path in the URL. A good URL should work in a browser to show you that dir.
# 9  
Old 11-03-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by DGPickett
Maybe you need to use the absolute path in the URL. A good URL should work in a browser to show you that dir.
I'm not sure what do you mean Smilie
# 10  
Old 11-03-2010
ftp://id:pw@host/home/user/public_html/folder/ not ftp://id:pw@host/public_html/folder/

URLs are usually absolute to the machine, not relative to the id, but it varies by setup and ftp daemon. Some make the ftp login world look like chroot $HOME so you cannot wander. Try the extended URL in a browser first, to ensure it is valid.
# 11  
Old 11-03-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by DGPickett
ftp://idSmiliew@host/home/user/public_html/folder/ not ftp://idSmiliew@host/public_html/folder/

URLs are usually absolute to the machine, not relative to the id, but it varies by setup and ftp daemon. Some make the ftp login world look like chroot $HOME so you cannot wander. Try the extended URL in a browser first, to ensure it is valid.
I tried that too, and this is the log:

Code:
--22:11:01--  http://www.somesite.com/webcam32.jpg
           => `webcam32.jpg.173'
Resolving www.somesite.com... xxx.xxx.xxx.149 Connecting to www.somesite.com|195.173.130.149|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 21,547 (21K) [image/jpeg]

    0K .......... .......... .                               100%  192.17 KB/s

22:11:01 (192.17 KB/s) - `webcam32.jpg.173' saved [21547/21547]

--22:11:01--  ftp://user:*password*@ftp.myserver.net/home/user/public_html/yyy/
           => `.listing'
Resolving ftp.myserver.net... xxx.xxx.xxx.71 Connecting to ftp.myserver.net|xxx.xxx.xxx.71|:21... connected.
Logging in as UserName ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done.    ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD /home/user/public_html/yyy ... 
No such directory `home/user/public_html/yyy'.

unlink: No such file or directory

FINISHED --22:11:01--
Downloaded: 21,547 bytes in 1 files

Files are still being saved to the very first root folder :/

The above is using the main ftp user.

I also tried creating an ftp account, which only has access to a particular folder on my ftp server. Still, files were saved to the root folder...

edit:

This command seems to be doing something according to the email below
Code:
ftp://user:*password*@ftp.myserver.net/public_html/yyy/

Code:
--23:10:01--  http://www.somesite.com/webcam32.jpg
           => `webcam32.jpg.31'
Resolving www.somesite.com... 195.173.130.149 Connecting to www.somesite.com|xxx.xxx.xxx.149|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 22,550 (22K) [image/jpeg]

    0K .......... .......... ..                              100%  202.63 KB/s

23:10:01 (202.63 KB/s) - `webcam32.jpg.31' saved [22550/22550]

--23:10:01--  ftp://user:*password*@ftp.myserver.net/public_html/yyy/
           => `.listing'
Resolving ftp.myserver.net... xxx.xxx.xxx.71 Connecting to ftp.myserver.net|xxx.xxx.xxx.71|:21... connected.
Logging in as user ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done.    ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD /public_html/yyy ... done.
==> PASV ... done.    ==> LIST ... done.

    0K .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........    1.82 MB/s
   50K .......... .......... ..........                        112.09 MB/s

23:10:01 (2.88 MB/s) - `.listing' saved [81993]

Removed `.listing'.
Wrote HTML-ized index to `index.html.6' [176981].

FINISHED --23:10:01--
Downloaded: 22,550 bytes in 1 files

Unfortunately, files are still being saved to the root folder :[
Last edited by zYx; 11-03-2010 at 07:12 PM..
# 12  
Old 11-03-2010
Well, I am a bit short on documentation for your 'get'. Does the URL work in IE or Firefox?
# 13  
Old 11-03-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by DGPickett
Well, I am a bit short on documentation for your 'get'. Does the URL work in IE or Firefox?
Yes it does.
# 14  
Old 11-03-2010
Maybe you have to wget it to a temp dir and then wput it, or wget|wput with stdout/stdin options. (It might be faster with the pipe, too!) What is your O/S?
 
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