Topics: AIX, System Admin

Automatic FTP

How to do an automatic FTP from within a script:

  • -n prevents automatic login and -v puts it in verbose mode
  • asciorbin_Type should be set to either ascii or binary
  • grep for $PHRASE (particular return code) from $LOGFILE to determine success or failure
ftp -nv $REMOTE_MACHINE < $LOGFILE 
user $USER_NAME $USER_PASSWORD 
$asciorbin_Type 
cd $REMOTE_PATH 
put $LOCAL_FILE $REMOTE_FILE 
quit 
! 
grep $PHRASE $LOGFILE




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