topic Re: mput without asking yes or no in Operating System - HP-UX

mput without asking yes or no

mehul_3 — Mon, 04 May 2009 02:31:44 GMT

I have to put multiple files to the server using ftp but I don't want system ask for each and every file for yes or no prompt and want to put at one go. pl sent appropriate command to do it.

Waiting for response.

Regards,
Mehul

Re: mput without asking yes or no

avizen9 — Mon, 04 May 2009 02:35:04 GMT

Hello Mehul,

why dont you use put insted of mput,
if you will use put it would not ask any confirmation.

if you have any specific reason to use mput let me know, thanks,

Re: mput without asking yes or no

Suraj K Sankari — Mon, 04 May 2009 03:30:07 GMT

hi,
used -i with ftp

like

ftp -i servername

now mget and mput will not ask any "y"

Suraj

Re: mput without asking yes or no

Steven Schweda — Mon, 04 May 2009 04:12:28 GMT

man ftp

Look for the "prompt" command.

> Waiting for response.

Really?

You could be reading while you wait.

Re: mput without asking yes or no

Nido — Mon, 04 May 2009 05:51:54 GMT

Hello Mehul,

As suggested, use 'prompt'
Just type 'prompt' in FTP prompt will tell you if interactive mode is ON or OFF.

for more details, refer `man ftp`

Thanks,

Re: mput without asking yes or no

Steven Schweda — Mon, 04 May 2009 11:08:37 GMT

> Just type 'prompt' in FTP prompt will tell
> you if interactive mode is ON or OFF.

Well, it will tell you what you've just
_changed_ it to be. The "status" command
should show you what's true (about prompting
and many other things) without changing
anything.

Re: mput without asking yes or no

Ganesan R — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:07:56 GMT

Hi Mehul,

"prompt" is command you need to use in ftp prompt to solve your purpose.

By default prompt will be ON which needs user intervention for every file transfer.

if you just type ftp>prompt which change the prompt value to OFF and therefore no user intervention is needed for multiple file transfer.

Re: mput without asking yes or no

OldSchool — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:12:11 GMT

or, as noted above, start the session w/

ftp -i

from the man page:

"-i
Disable interactive prompting by multiple-file commands; see the prompt command, below. By default, when this option is not specified, prompting is enabled."

-and-

"prompt
Toggle interactive prompting. By default, ftp prompts the user for a yes or no response for each output file during multiple-file commands. If interactive prompting is disabled, ftp performs the command for all specified files."