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I think I may have put this in the wrong forum earlier

the script that follows is an extract from a post someone gave as an answer to a question on ftp within a script


/usr/bin/ftp ftpsiteaddress <<END
verbose on
bin
user username password
cd <directoryname>
put <filename>
mput <filename>
get <filename>
mget <filename>
bye
END

Also when you copy the above, ensure that there are no white-spaces after the END, otherwise you'll have errors.



Could someone tell me if the line in the script above for passing the username as clear text should be as follows. If my username is henrik and my password is celtic would the line be

user henrik celtic

When I try this I am prompted for a password and even when I give the correct one it comes back with an error. I know the .netrc file is the way to go but I want to get the syntax of this command right. I have tried a few variations on this and used the man file but am still getting errors. Once I have ftped in then I can switch user by using this command but what is being prompted back to me when I duplicate the script above is

Password:Name (qwerty:henrik) :

where qwerty is the hostname of the workstation in the script

Any thoughts ?

Try adding the -n option on the script.

/usr/bin/ftp -n ftpsiteaddress <<END

You do have the user username password straight.

Post back with OS and version to insure this will work with your OS.

Also, instead of "verbose on", you should be able to just use the -v option after /usr/bin/ftp

Thanks lads. It worked a treat.