Help with a ftp script

ginda · 11-23-2010, 06:39 AM

Sorry if i have posted in wrong sections.

I need a little help creating a ftp script that will take connection and file details from text files.

For example:

ftpscript.sh - script that looks for details and does transfer

ftpparams.txt - ftp server connection details in single line csv format

ftpfiles.txt - files that need to be transfer, one file per line.

I have tried using awk with no success, any help would really be appriciated.

Thanks in advance

JohnGraham · 11-23-2010, 07:18 AM

I always like expect for scripting interactive sessions. This page is an introduction, and even includes an FTP-specific example.

wpeckham · 11-23-2010, 08:30 AM

It sounds like you are trying to recreate features of lftp and ncftp.

You might look at them and see if one would serve your purposes better and be easier to automate as you wish than posix ftp.