topic Re: FTP through script in Operating System - Linux

FTP through script

Panpalia — Thu, 29 May 2008 11:25:19 GMT

Hi,
Please ignore my knowledge,I am very new to Unix
I am running following code to perform ftp from remote machine.
but i am getting an error -test1: Syntax error at line 4 : `<<' is not matched
please see the code -
ftpthefile()
{
ftp -n < open 10.158.19.136
user gbx wbo\$2008
get /dnbusr1/gbx/audit/gb200804.txt /dnbusr1/gbx/gb200804.txt
bye
EOT
}
exit 0

Re: FTP through script

john korterman — Thu, 29 May 2008 11:35:12 GMT

Hi,

check for spaces in front of the "second" EOT
They are not allowed.

regards,
John K.

Re: FTP through script

James R. Ferguson — Thu, 29 May 2008 11:38:31 GMT

Hi:

Make sure that your end-of-file marker (the 'EOT' word) is flush left without leading whitespace.

You may use leading *tab* characters only if you use '-<
Regards!

...JRF...

Re: FTP through script

Victor Fridyev — Thu, 29 May 2008 11:38:57 GMT

This works:
#!/usr/bin/sh
ftpthefile()
{
ftp -n <open 10.158.19.136
user gbx wbo\$2008
get /dnbusr1/gbx/audit/gb200804.txt /dnbusr1/gbx/gb200804.txt
bye
EOT
}
ftpthefile
exit 0

BTW, I'd prefer to use .netrc:

machine flinux1
login admin
password Adm1n
macdef init
ascii
by
quit

Between macdef init and by you can put all needed commands and run just
ftp flinux1
by the user in whos homedir you have such .netrc

HTH

Re: FTP through script

Steven Schweda — Thu, 29 May 2008 13:54:18 GMT

And, if all you wish to do is fetch a file,
you might find wget easier to use.

http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/wget.html

Re: FTP through script

Panpalia — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:23:04 GMT

Thanks everyone!!