Automatic FTP Backup

aquaboot · 03-11-2006, 08:13 PM

Hi All,

I have an ftp account through a backup service. I manually do the backup once a week: hit the url, enter my username and password and select my local source folder and the remote destination folder. Since all variable information is fixed (folders, url and login info) it seems that I should be able to automate this process. I don't mauch experience with perl or shell scripting. Is there some easy way for me to do this?

Thanks Much,

aquaboot

ckoniecny · 03-11-2006, 08:29 PM

Create a shell script like the following example:

Code:

ftp backup.server.org << EOF
     user backupuser backuppass
     cd /backup
     lcd /home
     prompt
     mput *
EOF

That will move everything from /home to /backup on the backup FTP server. mput is used to put multiple files and prompt suppresses the question asking. In this case you will want to turn this on because if this is automated, you don't want any questions being asked.

aquaboot · 03-11-2006, 09:00 PM

Thanks very much for the nifty script!

-ab

DoctorWynn · 06-03-2006, 05:12 PM

Ok, I can't get this to work. I've searched hi and lo and believe it or not, can't find any information on such a simple task. I cannot get ftp to automatically log me in via the script. ALWAYS prompts me for the password therefore making the "automated" process not so automated after all. It appears to accept the user name, but always prompts for the password. What am I doing wrong?? Here is what I have in my script,

Code:

#!/bin/bash
cp /media/usbdisk/dcim/100_fuji/* /home/tom/SnagPixTemp/ebay
rm /media/usbdisk/dcim/100_fuji/*
cd /home/tom/SnagPixTemp/ebay
ftp -i < /home/tom/bin/auto_ftp.txt
exit 0

And here is my "auto_ftp.txt" file,

Code:

prompt
open ftp.mysite.com
user username password
cd public_html/ebay
binary
mput *.jpg
bye

ckoniecny · 06-03-2006, 06:24 PM

Why don't you just do something like this?

Code:

#!/bin/bash
cp /media/usbdisk/dcim/100_fuji/* /home/tom/SnagPixTemp/ebay
rm /media/usbdisk/dcim/100_fuji/*
cd /home/tom/SnagPixTemp/ebay

ftp ftp.mysite.com << EOF
prompt
user username password
cd public_html/ebay
binary
mput *.jpg
bye
EOF

exit 0

DoctorWynn · 06-03-2006, 06:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ckoniecny

Why don't you just do something like this?

Same problem. I'm still being prompted for the password. It will not take it automated for some reason. Any ideas?