topic Re: Batch scripting help in Operating System - HP-UX

Batch scripting help

krackjack — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:10:32 GMT

How to write a batch script in order to ftp the files from remote machine.

Re: Batch scripting help

OldSchool — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:29:23 GMT

very broad question with multiple possible answers....

one way, if netrc files are setup so you don't need id / password

ftp *othermachine* <cd /somedirectory
get somefile
bye
EOF

Re: Batch scripting help

Rita C Workman — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:33:47 GMT

Or if you didn't set up .netrc file:

ftp <<-EOF
user
ls
get
bye
EOF

Or....just type "auto ftp" or some variation of this in Search option above. Dozens of scripts for this have been posted here.

Rgrds,
Rita

Re: Batch scripting help

Dennis Handly — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:04:38 GMT

>Rita: ftp <<-EOF
>user

If you are going to use this form, you need the -n option.

Re: Batch scripting help

OldSchool — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:06:22 GMT

also, you'll need to log the ftp results and parse them to determine success or failure, as you can't check for $0 being OK (it will be 0 even if the get fails...because the "bye" worked...)

ftp *othermachine* > /somepath/myftp.log <cd /somedirectory
get somefile
bye
EOF