commands behind a bash here script

onurbi · 11-14-2003, 03:24 AM

Hi,

using a here-script in a bash script prevents any command behind this from executing.

Example:

echo Connecting
echo "Trying to downoad files now..."
ftp <<**
open 192.168.0.8
get ${1%.*}.tgz
bye
**
tar xvzf ${1%.*}.tgz

The tar command will NOT be executed.

Does anybody know why? Is there a workround?

Regards, Onurbi

hw-tph · 11-14-2003, 07:23 AM

Try using expect for the ftp part instead. It's very easy to use and integrate in a shell script.

Håkan

unSpawn · 11-14-2003, 07:38 AM

Properly terminate the here sequence:
ftp args address << EOF
user user pass
command
quit
EOF
echo Done.

fsbooks · 11-14-2003, 07:38 AM

I might have known why once, but my foggy old brain defeats me. A work around could be to have the ftp part in a separate script that is called by the main script. I know that works for me. Another approach may be using wget.