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From: Gary Howland <gary@systemics.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FTP Script
Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 15:50:30 +0200
Organization: Systemics Ltd.
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Scott Gregory wrote:
>
> What is the best (an easiest) way to create a FTP script???
>
> I'm trying to download multiple directories from another UNIX (SCO)
> box weekly and would like to set this up automatically with crontab,
> but I don't have any idea how (or where to look) to create a script.
>
> A co-worker created a test script, but as soon as it logs in it doen't
> go back to the script to find out what it is supposed to do.
Use ncftp, eg:
echo "cd pub\n put x.tar" | ncftp site.com
and ensure that your .ncftprc looks like:
machine site.com
user me
password secret
(of course this assumes you're running unix)
Gary
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