Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 13:44:38 +0100 From: Mark Rowlands <mark.rowlands@minmail.net> To: Francisco Reyes <lists@natserv.com>, FreeBSD Questions List <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Automating multiple file transfers with FTP Message-ID: <20011223124350.8881537B416@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20011221102106.K10298-100000@zoraida.natserv.net> References: <20011221102106.K10298-100000@zoraida.natserv.net>
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On Friday 21 December 2001 4:32 pm, Francisco Reyes wrote: > Any hints on how I can automate multiple file transfers with FTP > using a valid user/password? > > The FTP man page talks about "AUTO-FETCHING FILES", but I couldn't get > that to work for multiple files. I tried the "ftp > ftp://user:password@host/file" format and that worked only for single > files. I tried putting different files at the end, but only the file right > after the host worked : > "host/<this one worked>" > > I did get the following to work: > ftp ftp://user:password@host/directory <ftp.script > > Having ftp.script with something like: > ascii > prompt > mget *.txt > > Is this the only/best way to do this? > I like lftp > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Mos Eisley Spaceport; you'll not find a more wretched collection of villainy and disreputable types... -- Obi-wan Kenobi, "Star Wars" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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