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Old 01-13-2005
how do I create an ftp script
Hi ,

How can I create an ftp script to:

-- connect to a remote site (nt server)
-- check for a directory and subdirectories
-- tar the parent directory (along with the subdirectories)
-- tranfer the tar file to the target directory
-- unzip the tar files.
-- log out.

Thanks for the help.

Leo
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Old 01-13-2005
Please read the FAQ article for a start...

THE UNIX FORUMS > General Topics > Answers to Frequently Asked Questions > "Automate FTP / Scripting FTP Transfers"

But you are not going to able to use tar via ftp.
# 3  
Old 01-14-2005
Java undocument feature of ftp
;-)
could be usefull for this task:

This undocumented feature of the "put" and "get" command from the FTP-System extracts a tarfile to . on the fly while transferring.

get filename.suffix |"tar xf -"
put "| tar cf - ." filename.tar

don't know if it is able to transfer directories.... i've tried the syntax on solaris2solaris and it works great.

greetings pressy
 
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