Need FTP scripts

[Steven Schweda]

Is FTP the only way you can access the
destination server? With rsh (or ssh), it's
normally possible to construct a "tar"
pipeline (with or without compression), and
do the job with no need for temporary disk space.

Wget (-r) can be useful, but you'd need to
run it on the destination system. (And if
you can do that, you could probably use the
rsh + "tar" pipeline method.)

> [...] Tried to ftp, but it is not sending
> directories. [...]

A typical FTP client does what you tell it to
do. I have not seen one which can read
minds.

> Please help me with scripts to automate the
> ftp.

That's not the easy way.

[macosta]

Also, if FTP is a hard requirement, and you have ksh installed, try hardfeed:
http://www.unix.com/shell-programming-scripting/9174-recursive-ftp-here-last.html

[Mark Ellzey]

Vthiru,

Why not use NFS? You could mount a filesystem from your ftp server and use standard cp/tar/cpio utilities to move the data. You also wouldn't be subject to ftp's one-file-at-a-time limitation.

Regards,
Mark

[Steven Schweda]

> Why not use NFS? [...]

Lack of administrative access on one system
or the other?

Many things are possible. Some are easier
than others. Without more information on the
environment and its limitations, it's tough
to do more than guess at an optimal solution.

I normally assume that a questioner who, in
the face of repeated requests, fails to
supply an adequate explanation of the
problem, probably doesn't really care much
about getting a useful answer.