ftp in shell script

[Wilfred Chau_1]

Does any know how to ftp in a shell script?
I tried "user account password" and
"USER & PASS". But I was still prompted
for a password.

I am ftping to a windows server from a HPUX server.

[Kenny Chau]

Hi,

You can try to use "ftp -i -n" instead.
If can't, put all the commands in a file and use "ftp -i -n < file", eg.

#file
open xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
user USER PASSWORD
get file
bye

Then in the shell script, put this line:
ftp -i -n < file

Hope this helps.
Kenny.

[Steven Sim Kok Leong]

Hi,

I had previously written this script for my user for non-interactive file transfers:

=========================================
#!/sbin/sh
ftp -i -n FTP_SERVER <user
put
EOF
=========================================

Hope this helps. Regards.

Steven Sim Kok Leong

[Sanjay_6]

Hi Wilfred,

Try this,

ftp -n server_name_or_ip <user user_name password
bin
ascii
put ...
get ..
...
other ftp commands
...
..
bye
EndFTP

Hope this helps.

Regds

[harry d brown jr]

Wilfred,

The best ftp scripting I've seen, is something that Clay showed us a while back:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0xc88106295e00d6118ff40090279cd0f9,00.html

live free or die
harry

[Wilfred Chau_1]

I have tried this already..
ftp -vin $rhost <user
cd $scrdir
lcd $destdir
EOF

But it keeps asking me for a password.

I also tried,

ftp -vin $rhost <user
pass
cd $scrdir
lcd $destdir
EOF

Also failed...probably the problem is the other end...an NT server

[Steve Steel]

Hi


try


ftp -i -n <open host
user login passwd
pwd
close
bye
EOF

It works for me

Steve Steel

[Andrei Petrov]

Hi Wilfred

The easiest way to send USER and PASS from script is .netrc file in users home directory.
#cd
#echo 'machine ftp.xxxx.com login USER password PASS' >> .netrc
#chmod 600 .netrc
#ftp ftp.xxxx.com

Sure Clay's way to write ftp scripts with perl allows more abiliies to trap errors and stuff like that.

[harry d brown jr]

Wilfred,

You can't FTP to an NT server, or any M$ system unless that NT system is running an FTP daemon. You'll find some ftp server stuff here for M$ products:

http://www.webattack.com/Freeware/server/fwftpserver.shtml

live free or die
harry

[Steven Sim Kok Leong]

Hi,

If you are able to see the prompt for a password, then your FTP connection is likely to be established.

What FTP daemon program are you using ie. Microsoft FTP service that comes with IIS (Internet Information Server)?

Or, are you using other third-party FTP daemon programs?

Hope this helps. Regards.

Steven Sim Kok Leong

[Wilfred Chau_1]

My problem has been resolved. Thanks all.