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Date:      Sun, 27 Aug 2000 13:31:50 -0600 (CST)
From:      Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com>
To:        Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Sending '@' in a password for ftp(1)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008271329330.11846-100000@ren.sasknow.com>
In-Reply-To: <39A96A48.17306B38@urx.com>

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Kent Stewart wrote to Ryan Thompson:

> 
> 
> Ryan Thompson wrote:
> > 
> > Hi everybody,
> > 
> > How do I send an '@' symbol as part of a password for ftp(1), using the
> > syntax:
> > 
> > ftp ftp://user:password@host/path/file
> 
> It has been a 2.5 years since I was doing something like that. We used
> a text file that was redirected as stdin to ftp. We did something like
> "ftp < mfg_data" and mfg_data looked like
> 
> open mfg
> user anonymous
> ryan@sasknow.com
> put xxx
> quit


Yup.. that's easy enough... even easier with .netrc, but if possible, I'd
like to find a purely command-line driven solution (i.e., no I/O) so
everything can be contained in the script, and no temporary files are
needed.

Thanks

- Ryan


> > I realize that .netrc or possibly an expect(1) script would work, but I
> > would much rather have something that is purely command-line driven.
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > - Ryan
> > 

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  Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com>
  Network Administrator, Accounts
  Phone: +1 (306) 664-1161

  SaskNow Technologies     http://www.sasknow.com
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