Using FTP from a script to copy to NT

[Martial Bigras]

I want to automate from a script the copying of a set of files via FTP from a HP-UX 10.20 server onto a Windows NT server, but the ftp -f option does not exist in HP-UX (it does in NT. Is there another solution: rcp, samba, nfs?

[Paul Hite]

It's pretty easy to automate ftp. Here is an earlier thead with several ideas discussed:

http://atwnt370.external.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,1150,0x00517e990647d4118fee0090279cd0f9,00.html

[Kofi ARTHIABAH]

You could use SAMBA or you could do better and use CIFS/9000 which is supported by HP - it is essentially a souped up version of SAMBA with a lot of neet features - checkout info for it at http://software.hp.com - click on Network and System Administration and scroll down...

I think that might be a better option than ftp (if you need flexibilty with other things!!)

good luck.

[Mike McKinlay]

I checked on NT4 and NT2K and could not find the ftp -f parm you indicated. Was that a typo? Can you give more detail about what you're trying to accomplish?