Re: Simple ftp question...

[NZG <ngustavson@emacinc.com>]

wput is handy for this as well if you just want to transfer something out.
I use it for uploading from a lot of makefiles.

upload:
	wput file $(TARGET) ftp://$(LOGIN):$(PASSWORD)@$(FTPSITE)/$(DIR)/$(TARGET)

NZG

On Thursday 09 March 2006 7:05 am, Robert Citek wrote:
> On Mar 8, 2006, at 9:24 PM, fiaid@quasi-sane.com wrote:
> > that is if you want to send single commands.
>
> Or multiple single commands:
>
> $ echo -e "open ftp.silug.org\npwd\nls\ncd mirrors\nls\nquit\n" | ncftp
>
> $ cat <<eof | ncftp
> open ftp.silug.org
> pwd
> ls
> cd mirrors
> ls
> quit
> eof
>
> > i needed to do something along this line a while ago and I used
> > expect to feed ftp the commands that I wanted to run.  although,
> > now i would use perl and open a pipe that way.  it allows for
> > greater customization and output formatting.
>
> Agreed.  If you want flow control use expect or perl or python or ruby.
>
> Regards,
> - Robert
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