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Date:      Mon, 27 Aug 2001 08:01:43 +1000
From:      Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>
To:        jacks@sage-american.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FTP Auto-Send Need
Message-ID:  <20010827080143.D29422@k7.mavetju.org>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20010826102823.01151810@mail.sage-american.com>; from jacks@sage-american.com on Sun, Aug 26, 2001 at 10:28:23AM -0500
References:  <3.0.5.32.20010826102823.01151810@mail.sage-american.com>

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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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