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Old 12-05-2011
ftp question
I have this FTP script:
Code:
ADDR=168.218.95.172                                                             
ftp -inv $ADDR <<- ftpcmds                                                     
                                                                      
    user HEHCFTP H$h673sp                                                       
    cd toRyder                                                                  
    #cd in_prod                                                                 
    mput hehc210.*                                                              
    mput hehc214.*                                                              
    close                                                                       
    bye                                                                         
ftpcmds

When I ran it, it produced the result as below :

Code:
 
Connected to 168.218.95.172.                                                    
220 Welcome to Ryder's PRODUCTION FTP server.                                   
534 AUTH GSSAPI command not available in this mode.                             
534 AUTH KERBEROS_V4 command not available in this mode.                        
KERBEROS_V4 rejected as an authentication type                                  
331 Password required for HEHCFTP (5e32a3b0a2626f4c).                           
530 Login incorrect.                                                            
Login failed.                                                                   
530 Please login with USER and PASS.                                            
?Invalid command                                                                
221 Goodbye.

But I was able to log in using the same information when I did it manually. What is wrong with my script?Smilie

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Mod Comment Please use code tags! Also refrain from hijacking threads - open up your own, thanks.
Last edited by zaxxon; 12-06-2011 at 11:54 AM.. Reason: code tags, hijacking
# 2  
Old 12-05-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by lena keung
But I was able to log in using the same information when I did it manually. What is wrong with my script?Smilie
When in doubt, substitute 'cat' for 'ftp' and see what it prints. You may need to escape \$ for $ to get them taken literally instead of substituted by variables.
# 3  
Old 12-06-2011
Tried subsituting 'cat' for 'ftp' and when executing the script, this is what I got :

Code:
29409 ./test.sh                                               2,10          All
cat: invalid option -- i                                                       
Try `cat --help' for more information.

Last edited by zaxxon; 12-06-2011 at 11:54 AM.. Reason: code tags
# 4  
Old 12-06-2011
This is what I got:
Code:
cat <<- ftpcmds                                                     
                                                                      
    user HEHCFTP H$h673sp                                                       
    cd toRyder                                                                  
    #cd in_prod                                                                 
    mput hehc210.*                                                              
    mput hehc214.*                                                              
    close                                                                       
    bye                                                                         
ftpcmds


    user HEHCFTP H                                                       
    cd toRyder                                                                  
    #cd in_prod                                                                 
    mput hehc210.*                                                              
    mput hehc214.*                                                              
    close                                                                       
    bye

Notice that the password has been truncated. The Shell is trying to substitute a variable called $h673sp . Escape the $ with \$ (or change the password so it does not include Shell special characters.
Also I would lose the line starting "#cd" because the commands are going to ftp not Shell.
Personally I would left-justify all the commands to ftp.
 
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