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From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>
To: jacks@sage-american.com
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Subject: Re: FTP Auto-Send Need
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On Sun, Aug 26, 2001 at 10:28:23AM -0500, jacks@sage-american.com wrote:
> I have an FTP question that is probably simple for some, but is maddening
> for me since I have yet to get an FTP command (and a script) to work
> properly. I have read/reread "man ftp", but no solution yet. Here is the
> problem:

Use this as .netrc:

machine yourmachine
	login youruserid
	password yourpassword

macdef blaat
	cd temp
	pwd
	put .profile profile
	quit

and as command: "echo '$ blaat' | ftp localhost". The apostrophes are to make sure the $ doesn't get expanded by the shell.

enjoy,
Edwin

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