ftp scripting (?) question

[Vogra]

Hi All!

I need to send files from unix to windows 2000 ftp server.
I use the following comands:
ftp
open
anonymous
email@domain.com
mput *.ema
y

But I need to send a lot of files and I want to automate it. Help me!
Lima.

[harry d brown jr · Accepted solution]

Won't happen unless your windoze box has an ftp daemon process running.

You can frp FROM your windoze box to GET the file.

If you DO have an ftp enabled windoze box, then on the unix system have a script like this:

...
/usr/bin/ftp -i -n WINDOZEbox.com << EOF
user "anonymous" "SOMEemailaddr"
bin
mput *.ema
EOF


live free or die
harry d brown jr

[renarios]

Hi Lima,
There are two methods:
First is to install the latest version of WS-ftp on your windows-can. That way you can schedule ftp transfers.
Second is to create a tarball of all the files you need and ftp the tar-ball to your windows-can.
On windows you can untar i.e. by using winzip from the command-line in a batch script

Cheers,

Renarios

[Peter Godron]

Vogra,
you also want the "prompt" command prior to the mget, to avoid being asked to confirm each file.
Regards

[Jan Sladky]

Hi Vogra,

try this

usr/bin/ftp -i -n -v < /dir/ftp_connect.txt

cat ftp_connect.txt

open 10.32.113.177
user anonymous qq@qq.com
bin
hash
prompt off
cd dir
mput *.ema
bye


rgds Jan

[Sergejs Svitnevs]

Expect can help you to automate ftp applications.

#!/usr/bin/expect -f
#
spawn ftp
expect "Name"
send "anonymous\r"
expect "Password:"
send "email@domain.com\r"
expect "ftp>"
send "binary\r"
expect "ftp>"
send "mput *.ema\r"
expect "mput"
send "y\r"
expect "ftp>"
send "exit\r"
exit


Regards,
Sergejs

[Steven E. Protter]

Theft and mod on Harry's concept below

# Make a file list.
ls -1 /tmp/filelist

while read -r filename
do

/usr/bin/ftp -i -n WINDOZEbox.com << EOF
user "anonymous" "SOMEemailaddr"
bin
put $filename


done < /tmp/filelist

This way is pretty flexible, but it does fire up the ftp process for every file transfer. It does insure there will be no accidental user interaction.

SEP
EOF

[Richard Hood]

I would use the below script to create a /.netrc file on the fly and then each time I needed to send the file to the site all I have to do is make a call to ftp to that site. (ie: ftp ftp_site)

I have made some generic references to host/vendor names and such but the script builds the .netrc file on the fly with the appropriate entries to put multiople files to that server.

Richard

#!/usr/bin/sh
#

create_netrc() {
ROUTINE="::create_netrc:"
cat > $HOME/.netrc<machine ${VENDOR_FTP}
login ${FTP_LOGIN}
password ${FTP_PASSWD}
macdef init
ha
as
prompt
verbose
lcd ${DIR}
mput ${FILENAME}
bye


EOF
check_error
}

get_file() {
ROUTINE="::get_file:"
ftp -g ${VENDOR_FTP} >$OFILE 2>&1
check_error
}


move_file() {
cd ${DIR}
mv * archive >$OFILE 2>&1
check_error
}

check_error() {
STATUS=`echo $?`
if [ ${STATUS} != 0 ]
then
mailx -s"`hostname`: ${VENDOR} Download Failed" ${MAILBOX} <
The following ERROR CONDITION occured during $ROUTINE: $STATUS

The above error code resulted in the following error message:

*** `cat $OFILE`
EOF

exit $STATUS
fi
}

if [ -r /.netrc ]
then
rm /.netrc
fi
FTP_LOGIN="anonymous"
FTP_PASSWD="root"
MAILBOX="root"
VENDOR="ftp"
VENDOR_FTP="ftp_ftp"
OFILE="/tmp/${VENDOR}_output"
DIR="/mnt/transfer/${VENDOR}"
DATE=`date +%m%d%Y`
FILENAME="PS_${DATE}"
create_netrc
chmod 0600 /.netrc
get_file
move_file