FTP question

[Etienne Roseau]

hi everybody !

i just want to do a "ls" in a specific directory with a small script (see attached).
my problem :
i'm succeedding in doing this "ftp", this "cd" and this "ls" by line command; but with the script...the "ls" is listing my $HOME, and i don't understand why.
i'm sure answer is obvious but i need some help to understand it.
thx in advance.
E.

[Steven E. Protter]

The home directory is where you log on by default after making a ftp connection.

The ls is probably showing the home directory only because its not configured correctly and you have a chroot environment which restricts you to your home directory.

If you are the systems administrator, you need to check where you copied the ls binary. If not, you need to contact systems administration on this issue.

SEP

[harry d brown jr]

Change your script to this format:


#!/usr/bin/ksh
export LOG=$HOME/test_ftp.log
ftp -v -n -i MACHINENAME << EOF | tee -a $LOG
user USERNAME USERPASSWD
cd /SOMEDIRECTORY
ls
quit
EOF

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harry d brown jr

[harry d brown jr · Accepted solution]

Your original script was NOT going into FTP and executing the "ls" or the "cd" in ftp mode, thus it was purely local to your current session. Use the EOF method to "feed" input into FTP.

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harry d brown jr

[Etienne Roseau]

thx for replying,
i'll check now, understanding most of my script failure.

[Etienne Roseau]

okay, it's working much better now !!