FTP from UNIX to MS server

[Marty Metras]

I want to FTP some datafiles from my Unix box HP-UX 10.20 to my MS server as part of my nightly jobs.
I need a script to do this. When I do this interactively it works fine.
My script gets stuck in the login.
I wount to have this script simple.
Connect, Login, send the files, and logout.
I have never done this before with FTP cant be heard.
I tryed
ftp <open [IP address]
username
password
EOF

It gets stuck on the login.
Can you help?
Marty

[Volker Borowski]

HI Marty,

you need to use .netrc for authentication or
use the user-command in your script. Goes:

ftp <open [IP address]
user username password
...do the rest ...
EOF

Hope this helps
Volker

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi Marty:

Change 'ftp << EOF' to 'ftp -n << EOF' and try your script.

...JRF...

[Marty Metras]

Ya, I did that.
My Script looks like this:

$ cat test_ftp.sh
ftp <verbose
open ABC
user image xyz123
EOF

This is what I get
$ ./test_ftp.sh
Verbose mode on.
Connected to ABC.
220 abc Microsoft FTP Service (Version 2.0).
Name (ABC:image): 331 Password required for user image xyz123.
Password:

I think I am missing some thing.
Marty

[Volker Borowski · Accepted solution]

Marty,

James is right, you need to provide -n

-n Do not attempt "auto-login" upon initial connec-
tion. If auto-login is not disabled, ftp checks
the .netrc file in the user's home directory for
an entry describing an account on the remote

Volker

[Glynn Aherne_1]

Try this

ftp -n -v -i << EOD
user
transfer files
quit
EOD

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi again:

The following (with the -n option works):

#!/usr/bin/sh
ftp -n << EOF
verbose
open thehost
user uuu ppp
get /tmp/stuff
close
EOF

Without the -n option, as below, fails:

#!/usr/bin/sh
ftp << EOF
verbose
open thehost
user uuu ppp
get /tmp/stuff
close
EOF

This hangs looking like:

Name (thehost:uuu): 331 Password required for user uuu ppp.
Password:

Regards!

...JRF...