From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Oct 21 20:51:02 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA13074 for isp-outgoing; Mon, 21 Oct 1996 20:51:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tulpi.interconnect.com.au (root@tulpi.interconnect.com.au [192.189.54.18]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA13051 for ; Mon, 21 Oct 1996 20:50:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from ahill@localhost) by tulpi.interconnect.com.au id NAA20408 (8.7.6/IDA-1.6); Tue, 22 Oct 1996 13:48:41 +1000 (EST) Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 13:48:40 +1000 (EST) From: Anthony Hill To: xiyuan qian cc: isp@freebsd.org, steve@cioe.com Subject: Re: Need help on auto ftp a file to a PC station from my FreeBSD2.1.0 In-Reply-To: <199610221107.LAA14201@npc.haplink.co.cn> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 22 Oct 1996, xiyuan qian wrote: > Hi, I am planning auto ftp a file to a PC station, so I can handle the file. But I really need some help, that is: > 1). How to ftp a file to a PC with Win31 installed. Someone told me to install a ftpd on the PC, will it be OK? > 2). How can it be auto? I mean I need put one file to the PC automaticly. I can auto login, auto passwd, auto put the file or get the file. > 3). Can someone help me with auto ftp between two FreeBSD2.1 box? > > Best regaurds! > You can get winqvt which has an ftp host for windows. You will also need to install an ip stack (trumpet is my choice). As for automating the ftp process, there is a simple langauge called expect, which allows you to automate all sorts of stuff, and would be ideal for this. Expect is in the ports and packages collections. cheers