Hi Frankie, > > > > I want to write a script in which some files are automatically ftped to > > > > another machine (a username and password needs to be entered). Is there > > > > a nice utility which will enable me to do this? > > > > > > check out the ncftpput utility > > No need for any utility apart from plain ftp: > > > > #!/bin/bash > > # > > ftp <<EOF > > open target.host.net > > user youruser > > pass yourpassword > > bin > > cd /where/to/put/the/file > > put your_local_file > > bye > > EOF > is there any way to return control to the user during the process > without ending ftp? (eg if the files wasn't there then they would have > to get it manually or sthg?) This gets more complicated... I think looking into expect will be neccessary then. But it might(!) be possible to have a shell script talking to ftp and responding to it's answers...
Bye, Tino.
