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FTP specific files

Can we ftp specific files from a directory. And these specific files that needs to be transferred will be specified in config file.

Can we use a for loop once logged into ftp (in a script) for this purpose.

Will a normal ftp work when transferring files from Unix to win ftp server.

Thanks, Ravi

Solution

  • You can use straight shell. This assumes your login directory is /home/ravi Try this one time only:

      echo "machine serverB user ravi password ravipasswd" > /home/ravi/.netrc
  chmod 600 /home/ravi/.netrc

    test that .netrc works - ftp serverB should log you straight in.

    Shell script that reads config.file, which is just a list of files to send

    while read fname 
do
   ftp serverB <<EOF
   get $fname
   bye
EOF         # leave the EOF  in column #1 of the script file
done < config.file

    This gets file from serverB. Change get $fname to put $fname to send files from serverA to serverB