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My problem is that I want to FTP some files to a remote machine. However, the user will supply the remote machine directory name during runtime.

I wrote following script, but it can't resolve $AI_DH_FTP variable name inside FTP. It works fine if I specify a hardcoded path (as shown in the just above line)

Any help? Thanks in advance.

ftp tb135
prompt
cd /ftpshr/data/DNHMBY_OUT/dev/
#cd $AI_DH_FTP
mput cm_customer_dhout*.dat
prompt
bye
echo "Completed FTP to remote machine."

you've fogotten [???] the here-doc AND the user/password for logging in [unless you have .netrc set up appropriately]:

Code:

ftp -n tb135 <<EOF
   user hereMyUser hereMyPasswd
   prompt
   cd /ftpshr/data/DNHMBY_OUT/dev/
   cd $AI_DH_FTP
   mput cm_customer_dhout*.dat
   prompt
   bye
EOF