Re: [vox-tech] FTPing in a script

["Rick O'Shaughnessy" <rosh@mail.dminforMAPSmation.com>]

I set up a .netrc in ~ with the following:

  machine   machine_name
  login     login_id
  password  something_secret

...then I don't need to authenticate through the script at all.

Check netrc(5).

Rick


Jay Strauss wrote:
> 
> Is there anyway to ftp within a shell script.  I can't make it past the
> login.  for example:
> 
> #!/usr/bin/ksh
> ftp lawprd01<<EOF
> jstrauss
> password
> EOF
> 
> > ./tmp
> Password:Name (lawprd01:jstrauss):
> Login incorrect.
> Login failed.
> ?Invalid command
> 
> Jay Strauss
> jjstrauss@yahoo.com
>