How do you ftp files to a particular server!

Hi

I wish to know how do u ftp files to a server , non-interactively.

Thanks in advance.

Kind Regards,
indiancosmonaut

If I understand the question correctly, you would put the commands in a script.
Could you give more detail about what you are trying to do?

Read the man page for ftp. There is a section on auto-fetching files.

You can also use the form:

ftp ftp://user:password@host/path/ <ftpscript

This way you can execute several commands from a script. Add the "bye" command as the last command in the script.

You can also use wget or curl to retrieve files from an ftp site as well as from web sites.

Hi guys,

Sorry for replying so late.

The scenario is:

I am logged-on system-A and i want to put some file on system-B without prompting user to enter password. Absolutely Non-Interactivery.

The USER, PASSWORD and SERVER will be exported in the environment.

The shell is : ksh

Can u kindly tel me what are the pre-requisites and how to go about it in a step by step procedure.

I tried...
ftp ftp://$FTP_User:$FTP_Password:$FTP_Server/home/indiancosmonaut/

where FTP_User, FTP_Password, FTP_Server are environment variables and /home/indiancosmonaut/ is the directory on system-B where i wish to put the file.

But its showing error:
unknown host or invalid literal address

Please help

Kind Regards,
indiancosmonaut

Originally Posted by indiancosmonaut Hi guys, Sorry for replying so late. The scenario is: I am logged-on system-A and i want to put some file on system-B without prompting user to enter password. Absolutely Non-Interactivery. The USER, PASSWORD and SERVER will be exported in the environment. The shell is : ksh Can u kindly tel me what are the pre-requisites and how to go about it in a step by step procedure. I tried... ftp ftp://$FTP_User:$FTP_Password:$FTP_Server/home/indiancosmonaut/ where FTP_User, FTP_Password, FTP_Server are environment variables and /home/indiancosmonaut/ is the directory on system-B where i wish to put the file. But its showing error: unknown host or invalid literal address Please help Kind Regards, indiancosmonaut

If using the URL style.. it would look something like:

ftp://<username>:<password>@hostname/path/to/directory

Your getting the error cause it thinks "$FTP_User:$FTP_Password:$FTP_Server" is the hostname since you have a colon after the password and not the @.

Hi trickykid,
thanks!

I tried...

ftp ftp://ftpuser:ftppassword@host/home/indiancosmonaut


but again its giving the same error.

Can u kindly give me some real example of the syntax.

Also, since i need to put a request-file on system-B and after sometime i need to retrieve a reply-file from system-B. Can u suggest me some script to do this.

Thanks in advance,

Kind Regards,
indiancosmonaut!

Originally Posted by indiancosmonaut I tried... ftp ftp://ftpuser:ftppassword@host/home/indiancosmonaut

I wonder if ftp server doesn't like you including the path in the ftp command.
Try
ftp://ftpuser:ftppassword@host
and then have a
cd home/indiancosmonaut
in your ftp script.

Sometimes, expect is used to provide the username and password. This general solution shouldn't be necessary in this case.

Look at the output of:
echo ftp ftp://$FTP_User:$FTP_Password:$FTP_Server/home/indiancosmonaut/
Does it print what you expect?