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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FTP Script
Date: 31 May 1996 23:10:52 +0100
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Scott Gregory (sgregory@pubspo.hq.af.mil) 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.
: Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
If you've got ncftp, you can run
ncftp server:/directory/*
If you're trusted on the SCO box, use rcp.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....