Ftp and answer file

[Wood_2]

Hello

I would like to connect to a server with FTP.
Is it possible to use an answer file to give the parameters and the command.

If yes, can you give the right syntax.

Thank you for your help

Nicolas

[Marcel Boogert_1]

Hi there,

Try the following:

ftp -n << EOF
open
etcetera...
...
...
...
EOF

MB.

[R. Sri Ram Kishore_1]

Hi Nicolas,

Try the following:
% ftp <open wherever.com
user whatever
pass password
put filename
quit
EOF

Also go through this example:
http://www.quepublishing.com/articles/article.asp?p=170517&seqNum=2

Regards,
Sri Ram

[Michael_356]

Or, if you really want to use a file:

ftp -v << file.ftp

content of file.ftp:
"open wherever.com
user whatever
pass password
(m)put/(m)get filename
bye"

Regards

Michael

[Wood_2]

for the second example

i write

ftp << EOF
open frbpcs24
user root
pass mypasswd
dir
quit
EOF

the answer

Password:Name (frbpcs24:root):
Login incorrect.
Login failed.
Passive mode on.
Please login with USER and PASS.
Passive mode refused. Turning off passive mode.
Please login with USER and PASS.
Please login with USER and PASS.

I could not give my password

[Muthukumar_5]

Yes. We can do it by running run ftp in an interactive mode as,

ftp -i -n <<-EOF 2>/dev/null

user username passwd
ls
!hostname
get /tmp/testfile
bye
EOF

It will do it

[Muthukumar_5 · Accepted solution]

We can do it more secure and simply with answer file as,

cat > /tmp/ftpanswerfile
user root
ls
!hostname
get cd /tmp/
put file
bye
-----
chmod 700 /tmp/ftpanswerfile

ftp -i -n
It will do it out.

Regards
Muthu

[Wood_2]

It's perfect

Thank you for your help