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Date:      Mon, 27 Aug 2001 10:31:32 -0500
From:      jacks@sage-american.com
To:        Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>, Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FTP Auto-Send Need
Message-ID:  <3.0.5.32.20010827103132.01151810@mail.sage-american.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010827155009.O29424@k7.mavetju.org>
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Edwin: Thanks, but I have my solution to this which is working great now....

At 03:50 PM 8.27.2001 +1000, Edwin Groothuis wrote:
>On Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 08:44:09AM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
>> * Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> [20010827 01:01]: writing on the
subject 'Re: FTP Auto-Send Need'
>> | On Sun, Aug 26, 2001 at 10:28:23AM -0500, jacks@sage-american.com wrote:
>> | > I have an FTP question that is probably simple for some, but is
maddening
>> | > for me since I have yet to get an FTP command (and a script) to work
>> | > properly. I have read/reread "man ftp", but no solution yet. Here is
the
>> | > problem:
>> | 
>> | Use this as .netrc:
>> | 
>> | machine yourmachine
>> | 	login youruserid
>> | 	password yourpassword
>> | 
>> | macdef blaat
>> | 	cd temp
>> | 	pwd
>> | 	put .profile profile
>> | 	quit
>> | 
>> | and as command: "echo '$ blaat' | ftp localhost". The apostrophes are
to make sure the $ doesn't get expanded by the shell.
>> | 
>> | enjoy,
>> | Edwin
>> 
>> 
>> While trying this
>> 
>> 
>> wash:~$ echo '$ blaat' | ftp -d longonot
>> Macro definition missing null line terminator.
>> ---> SYST
>> Please login with USER and PASS.
>> 'blaat' macro not found.
>> ---> QUIT
>> wash:~$
>
>well, unfortunatly for you I've lost my crystal ball, so I don't
>know what's in your .netrc and as a result I have no clue what
>could be wrong there. If you would like an answer from me, you
>should at least include some information about it, giving me nothing
>is as usefull as complaining about the weather.
>
>Edwin
>
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Best regards,
Jack L. Stone,
Server Admin

Sage-American
http://www.sage-american.com
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