topic Re: FTP SCRIPT in Operating System - HP-UX

FTP SCRIPT

VIJAY KUMAR_8 — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 01:40:52 GMT

I need to copy folder from remote machine to local machine using FTP. How to write a batch file to automate FTP commands. If anyone can help me in writing this batch file

Re: FTP SCRIPT

RAC_1 — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 01:52:00 GMT

(
echo "echo "user user_name user_pass"
echo "bin"
echo "cd /to_dir"
echo "put your_file"
echo "close"
echo "bye"
)|ftp -vni hostname > log_file

AND

ftp -in myhost << EOF
user username password
get /tmp/bla
get /tmp/foo
EOF

Not good as it exposes the password. Use scp instead.

Re: FTP SCRIPT

Antonio Cardoso_1 — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 02:20:07 GMT

here an example that would do the job, just change username, password and local path to your own values, then call

ftpbatch your-ftp-host file1 file2

-----------------------------
#!/bin/sh
#?-----------------------------------------------------------
#? ftpbatch utility
#?
#? Syntax:
#? ftpbatch [#?-----------------------------------------------------------
if [ $# -lt 2 ]
then
grep '#?' $0 | grep -v grep | tr -d "#?"
exit 1
fi
THEHOST=$1
username=userx
userpw=ftppwd
localpath=/tmp

shift
NBPARAM=$#
FICTMP="/tmp/MFTPTMP.tmp.$$"
umask 077
#
echo "user root omccn1" >$FICTMP
echo "binary" >>$FICTMP
echo "lcd $localpath" >>$FICTMP
I=`expr 0`
while [ $I -lt $NBPARAM ];do
destfile=`basename $1`
echo "get $1 $destfile " >>$FICTMP
echo "site chmod 777 $destfile" >>$FICTMP
I=`expr $I + 1`
shift 1
done
echo "quit" >>$FICTMP
#
ftp -inv $THEHOST < $FICTMP
rm $FICTMP
exit 0

Re: FTP SCRIPT

Muthukumar_5 — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 03:29:38 GMT

strange...... I was replying in another thread.. but it was removed.

Solution:

ftp -in <<-!
user
commands
bye
!

will work.

--
Muthu

Re: FTP SCRIPT

Muthukumar_5 — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 03:30:46 GMT

You can as well avoid the user command in ftp to show the password using .netrc file setup in your users home directory.

Read netrc man page for example setup. Then use ftp script without user command.

--
Muthu

Re: FTP SCRIPT

Peter Godron — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 03:36:53 GMT

Vijay,
I am not sure whether by 'folder' you mean a file or directory.

For individual file transfer see earlier answers.

For copying directory structure, seem the various packages at:
http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Networking/FTP/

Other solutions would be to use rcp or nfs.

Re: FTP SCRIPT

Arunvijai_4 — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 03:38:20 GMT

Hi Vijay,

You can take a look these threads for more information,

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=973452
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=129038

-Arun

Re: FTP SCRIPT

VIJAY KUMAR_8 — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 05:27:14 GMT

Thanks to u all
:-)

Re: FTP SCRIPT

Arunvijai_4 — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 05:28:09 GMT

Vijay, You can close this thread.

-Arun