Very Computer

#! /bin/sh
#
# should work on BSDish UNIXes, can be made to work on SVR4ish UNIXes with
# a tiny bit of tuning.
#
# this code ain't supported.
#

FTPHOST=wuarchive.wustl.edu             # FTP server    

FILENAME=coolstuf.zip                   # name of file to get

FTPUSER=anonymous                       # FTP username
FTPPASS=                                # FTP password

echo "getting ${FTPHOST}:${GETFILEPATH}/${FILENAME} ..."

echo "quote user ${FTPUSER}
quote pass ${FTPPASS}
bin
prompt
cd ${GETFILEPATH}
get ${FILENAME}
" | ftp -n ${FTPHOST} 2>&1 >> /dev/null

echo "gotten."

Sounds like you want "expect" by Don Libes (ftp.cme.nist.gov//pub/expect)
I think he even has an example that does this.

an infinite number of monkeys calling themselves Ezekiel Majek

RB>          I am new to Unix programming and I need help in writing
RB>a shell script to FTP to another site. I am having trouble entering the
RB>login name and the password from the script.  I have tried just hard
RB>coding the name and password in the script but I can not get a line feed
RB>or carriage return after them so I do not know if it is even waiting for
RB>one.  I am trying to avoid using the automatic login of TCP/IP and would
RB>rather have it done in a script with the login name and password either
RB>hard coded or passed as a command line argument to start the session.
RB>Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks alot.
RB>                  Zeke

The following script will do what you want, but will exit from ftp after
the line "EOF" is read.  $1 contains the site name, $2 the user name to
use and $3 the password.  Since command line arguments are visible to
ps while the script is running, I would refrain from using this for anything
but anonymous ftp.

#!/bin/sh
ftp -n $1 << EOF
user $2 $3
ls
EOF

You can fully automate an ftp session with this by replacing the ls with
other commands, but there are generally much better ways to do batch ftp.

--r

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