Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 14:56:04 +1100 From: Gavin Cameron <ggcameron@gmail.com> To: Angelo Christou <christou44@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FTP Automate Shell Script Message-ID: <1efd1aec0601291956h1ff6b369i5b215380908fb141@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060130034503.80452.qmail@web37106.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20060130034503.80452.qmail@web37106.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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A .netrc file (read the ftp man page) may work for you. Cheers Gavin On 1/30/06, Angelo Christou <christou44@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Hello. I am using FreeBSD 6.0 and Bash as my shell. I > am following a tutorial to create a shell script to > copy some files. It works perectly exept for 2 points. > > Here is the article - > > http://www.quepublishing.com/articles/printerfriendly.asp?p=3D170517 > > Here is the script - > > #!/bin/sh > > temp=3D"/tmp/$(basename $0).$$" ; trap "/bin/rm -f > $temp" 0 > targetdir=3D"remote-dir" > remote=3D"laptop.intuitive.com" > > echo "taylor" > $temp > echo "cd $targetdir" >> $temp > > for file in * > do > if [ -f $file ] ; then > echo "put $file $file" >> $temp > else > echo "skipping $file: not a file." >&2 > fi > done > > echo "quit" >> $temp > > ftp $remote < $temp > > exit 0 > > One problem is that the password must be entered > manually, I have spent a good part of the day > experimenting but can't seem to automate this. Can the > password be entered using the script? > > The other problem is that it copies the actual file. > What command would I look at to copy only images > (.jpg) for example? > > Thanks in advance. > Ang. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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