small program Semi newbie

brianmay27 · 04-21-2006, 01:02 AM

Ok i am sure this is some easy fix that i just dont know about but i am trying to make a small program that uses kalarm to triger my own .sh script to back up a folder. I can run it and it gets passed zipping the folder and oping a ftp connection but then it stops waithing for me to enter the password / user name. if some one can tell me what is wrong or what i need to change please do so. thanks

#!/bin/sh

zip -r /test.zip /root/Desktop/vpn
cp /test.zip /root/Desktop
ftp -u ftp.ibackup.com # gets to this point then waits for the password i get a ftp>.
user username password
lcd /root/Desktop
cd /
put test.zip
quit

puntjuh · 04-21-2006, 02:04 AM

Why write a program to let Kalarm do the job if you can let cron trigger your .sh script ?

here's howto use it.

http://www.unixgeeks.org/security/ne...ix/cron-1.html

brianmay27 · 04-21-2006, 05:26 PM

that is not the problem it is the script i have not run it on kalarm yet.

puntjuh · 04-22-2006, 02:52 AM

Ok my mistake I thought the script worked but didn't work with Kalarm. Well .. this is what i used to use.

Code:

open clan-aoA.com
usernamehere
passwordhere
cd www
cd members
mput *.jpg
bye

perhaps this helps you're case..