I need to call ftp from within a tcl procedure

[Guest_imported]

Hi!


I am held up with a problem. I need to connect to a ftp server to send a file from within a tcl process.


set {exec /usr/bin/ftp] does not seem to work.

can someone sendme a script from which i can get a ftp prompt so that I can open a server machine.



thanks in advance



raj

 

[Bong]

I use the -s option in ftp:
exec ftp -s:ftp2.txt -i
where ftp2.txt contains the login and put or get information Bob Rashkin
rrashkin@csc.com

 

[AviaTraining]

Another possibility is to use the ftp package that's provided as part of tcllib, the Tcl Standard Library. Documentation on the ftp package is available at

http://tcllib.sourceforge.net/doc/ftp.html.

Tcllib is part of the standard Tcl distribution, and you can also pick up the latest version of it from

http://tcllib.sourceforge.net.

You can find out more information about tcllib at the SourceForge page, and from the Tcl'ers Wiki (

http://wiki.tcl.tk)

at its main tcllib page,

http://mini.net/tcl/1246.html.

- Ken Jones, President
Avia Training and Consulting

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[Guest_imported]

The ftp package (as avia mentioned) is the best solution IMO. It is tcl native and very easy to use.