FTP Shell Script

[vvicin01]

I need help creating a shell script to open a UNIX FTP server to transfer files. Can someone assist me. I will schedule a CRON to run the script which would open a remote server and transfer a directory to the server.

Thanks
Vic

 

[grega]

There are many ways to do this. Here's one idea to get you started.

ftp -n servername << !
user loginname password
ls
put localfile remotefile
get remotefile localfile
!

Bear in mind that if you run a script in cron, it won't automatically have access to environment variables which you have defined yourself as a user.

Greg.

 

[KenCunningham]

The 'engine' of your ftp requirement could be:

ftp -n <IP Address> <<!
user <username> <password>
cd <whereever you want to put the files>
put <files>
(Or mput if more than one and they can be identified by wildcarding)
bye
!

Hope this helps. Basically the bit between the <<! and the !, reads the commands through to ftp.