DOS + FTP

[Piotr Kirklewski]

Hi there
Does anyone know how to write a script which will connect to an FTP server automatically to put a file (backup)?
I was trying ftp user1@xxx.com but it didn't work.
Regards
Peter

[Eric SAUBIGNAC · Accepted solution]

Bonsoir,

You can try this way :

ftp -in -s FileName xxx.com

In FileName you place all ftp commands you need. For example :

user foo password
cd Target
binary
put File

Eric

[Eric SAUBIGNAC]

Oups ... forgot ":" :-(

ftp -in -s:FileName xxx.com

[Piotr Kirklewski]

COMMAND:
C:\>ftp -in -s:ftp.bat myhost.com

BATCH FILE:
user itsme itsmypsswd
cd C:/
binary
put file.txt

RESULT:

C:\>binary
'binary' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>put file.txt
'put' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

I would suggest that you not implement your script with a login/password in the script itself, but rather use the '.netrc' file if you _must_ use FTP.

http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447627+1233077838233+28353475&threadId=231288

Better yet, use SFTP (Secure FTP) and public keys.

# cat .mysftp
HOST=$1
FILE=$2
sftp -b - <lcd /tmp
cd /tmp
put -P ${FILE} ${FILE}.backup
EOF
RC=$?
print -u2 "\nSFTP returned ${RC}"
exit

Regards!

...JRF...

[Eric SAUBIGNAC]

If you have security issue, follow JRF solution.

But anyway, I would like to understand what is wrong with my post. Here is a little example from a Windows XP workstation :

C:\TEMP>cat CMDFILE
user anonymous me@hp.com
dir superseded_patches
cd superseded_patches
lcd C:\temp
binary
get catalog
bye


C:\TEMP>ftp -in -s:CMDFILE ftp.itrc.hp.com
Connecté à ftp.itrc.hp.com.
220-
220-Welcome to the IT Resource Center ftp server
220-------------------------------------------------------
220-
220-You are user 9, and there is a limit of 2000 simultaneous accesses.
220-
220-Log in as user "anonymous" (using your e-mail address as your password)
220-to retrieve available patches for HP-UX, OpenVMS, True64, MPE/iX, and
220-other platforms.
220-
220-If you are a user of other HP ITRC services, log in with your
220-HP ITRC User ID and password to retrieve your files.
220-
220-
220 g1u1296 FTP server (HP ASL ftpd, version(434)) ready.
ftp> user anonymous me@hp.com
331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password.
230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
ftp> dir superseded_patches
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls.
total 2302
drwxr-xr-x 7 21164 12753 1024 Jul 2 2003 .
drwxr-xr-x 21 2 2 1024 Oct 29 21:33 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 21164 12753 1174127 May 15 2002 catalog
drwxr-xr-x 3 21164 12753 96 Mar 30 2006 firmware_patches
drwxr-xr-x 4 21164 12753 96 Jan 26 01:11 hp-ux_patches
drwxr-xr-x 6 21164 12753 1024 Dec 4 09:51 mpe-ix_patches
drwxr-xr-x 32 21164 12753 1024 Jan 25 05:57 mv_patches
drwxr-xr-x 2 21164 12753 96 Jul 2 2003 tru64_patches
226 Transfer complete.
ftp : 568 octets reçus en 0,03 secondes à 18,32 Ko/sec.
ftp> cd superseded_patches
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> lcd C:\temp
Dossier local maintenant C:\Temp.
ftp> binary
200 Type set to I.
ftp> get catalog
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for catalog (1174127 bytes).
226 Transfer complete.
ftp : 1174127 octets reçus en 13,36 secondes à 87,88 Ko/sec.
ftp> bye
221 Goodbye.


As you can see, it works well. When you said "DOS" in the title of your thread, I have assumed "a cmd box from windows". On which version are you working from ?

[Piotr Kirklewski]

Hi

How to exclude one directory: /mount
from this backup?

find . -depth -print | cpio -ocv | gzip > /backup/backup.cgz

[Piotr Kirklewski]

That should be a next thread thou.