I lost this one: FTP ISSUES

[Richard_115]

I am having a problem ftp(ing) into a system. The first time, I use a function which goes into all ( 50 ) systems and collects data. That works fine. The second time, I invoke another ftp function from within another function but in this new ftp function I dont use a loop. Either way, I get an error on <
function one_system
{
HOST="$record"
for j in "$HOST"
do
echo $j
cd $FTPDIR/$j
ftp -n -i -v $j < user XXXX YYYY
bin
cd $RUNLOGDIR
get run.log
bye
END
done
}

Does anybody see any error?
If I remove the <

[Graham Cameron_1]

Looks ok but maybe characters got lost between the cut and paste.

Does your closing END begin on col 1, or is it indented?

If there is whitespace before it, then you need to use <<- instead of <<
on your ftp line.

-- Graham

[Stefan Farrelly]

I think its because when you call the function "one_system" standard input is coming from the line where you call it, which negates the standard input of the <
one_system <&-
or
one_system <&p

see man sh_posix under section on Input/Output

[Richard_115]

Stefan

Thanks for that pointer. However, the line user XXX YYYY does not execute. Any reason ?

[Rusty Sapper]

I would just forget ftp all together. You have a couple security risks in having the username and password in a readable script as well as transmitting the password in plain text.
You can accomplish the same thing very simply using scp (secure copy)


-Rusty

[Stefan Farrelly]

Ive tried calling ftp <
cd $RUNLOGDIR
to
cd \$RUNLOGDIR

and see if that works.

[David Andrews_1]

I would build an FTP script for each using a .netrc file

Eg.

for J in "$HOST"
do
echo $J
cd ${FTPDIR}/$J
if [ -f ~/.netrc ]
then
mv ~/.netrc ~/.netrc.old
fi
echo "machine $J" > ~/.netrc
echo "login XXXXX" >> ~/.netrc
echo "password YYYYY" >> ~/.netrc
echo "macdef init" >> ~/.netrc
echo "binary" >> ~/.netrc
echo "cd $RUNLOGDIR" >> ~/.netrc
echo "get run.log" >> ~/.netrc
echo "bye" >> ~/.netrc

chmod 700 ~/.netrc
ftp -i $J
mv ~/.netrc ~/.netrc.$J
done

Then sit back and relax.

Important stage is chmod 700!!!