Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 12:34:51 +1000 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: jacks@sage-american.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FTP to remote host Question Message-ID: <20010823123451.O459@k7.mavetju.org> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20010822211315.01131a78@mail.sage-american.com>; from jacks@sage-american.com on Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 09:13:15PM -0500 References: <3.0.5.32.20010822211315.01131a78@mail.sage-american.com>
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On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 09:13:15PM -0500, jacks@sage-american.com wrote: > This one should be easy for most, but me tomight: > > I know the FTP auto-fetch for a file is: > # ftp gtp://username:passwd@remotehost.com/dir/file > > BUT, what is the FTP line command to auto-send a file? Trying to set up a > cron job script. With this as your .netrc: machine ftp.freebsd.org login anonymous password edwin@mavetju.org macdef blaat pwd and this as your commandline: echo "$ blaat" | ftp ftp.freebsd.org you end up with something like this: [~] edwin@k7>echo "$ blaat" | ftp ftp.freebsd.org 257 "/" is current directory. the rest is just more of the same :-) Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: ------------------+ http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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