Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 13:51:51 -0500 From: Trevor Cornpropst <bsdguru@cox.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: need example of ftp command Message-ID: <200312211351.51971.bsdguru@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGCEGBFBAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com> References: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGCEGBFBAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com>
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On Sunday 21 December 2003 01:20 pm, fbsd_user wrote: > Need example of ftp command to login anonymous and download selected > file' > > I can not get this to work > > #! /bin/sh > cd /usr/packages/ > > path="pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4.9-release/mail" > > ftp -a 'ftp://ftp2.FreeBSD.org/$path/qpopper-4.0.5_1' > > > using native interactive ftp, I can drill down to this > directory and get the file, so I know it's there and that's > the correct name, but I can not get the ftp > command in my script to work. Get error (not found or no access). Two things. The file you wish to retrieve is named qpopper-4.0.5_1.tgz, you left the file extension off the name. Second, you used single quotes in the ftp command line. This prevents the shell interpreter from translating $path. Use double quotes and fix the file name and this will work. Trevor Cornpropst
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