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Date:      Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:53:34 -0600
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To:        "Dixit, Viraj" <Viraj.Dixit@CityofPaloAlto.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Is their Automatic command to send a JPG file using FTP
Message-ID:  <20100127225334.GX50360@dan.emsphone.com>
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In the last episode (Jan 27), Dixit, Viraj said:
> I am looking to see if there a command or a script In BSD Os that will
> allow me to ftp to a server automatically and get a file from another
> server.  User name and passwd will be already in the script so it will run
> ftp and download a file or a JPG from that server.  Like in Linux OS there
> is a command using .netrc file and you can script that file and will
> automatically do what is in the file at time interval that you want. 
> Thanks,

FreeBSD's ftp command supports .netrc files.  Is your current script not
working?

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ftp#THE_.netrc_FILE

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com



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