Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:02:54 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: "Dixit, Viraj" <Viraj.Dixit@CityofPaloAlto.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is their Automatic command to send a JPG file using FTP Message-ID: <20100128090254.7452a557.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <9A8CAB63B4C2014B883AF16FDFB362FB01F016C5@xpo.staff.copa> References: <A3114C5FA7BA8E4B8F20A198F8991750D8DD41@xiris.staff.copa> <9A8CAB63B4C2014B883AF16FDFB362FB01F016C5@xpo.staff.copa>
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On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:08:40 -0800, "Dixit, Viraj" <Viraj.Dixit@CityofPaloAlto.org> wrote:
> Hi,
> I am looking to see if there a command or a script In BSD Os that will
> allow me to ftp to a server automatically and get a file from another
> server. User name and passwd will be already in the script so it will
> run ftp and download a file or a JPG from that server. Like in Linux OS
> there is a command using .netrc file and you can script that file and
> will automatically do what is in the file at time interval that you
> want. Thanks,
In FreeBSD, there's documentation on that; read "man ftp" and
see the -u option.
I'm often (ab)using a Makefile to upload (send) files per FTP to
a server, and I call this "make install". You can put this into
a shell script (sh) and then call it, e. g.
#!/bin/sh
FTPUSER=my_account_name_on_ftp_server
FTPPASSWD=my_very_complicated_password
SERVER=ftp.where_my_stuff_is.foo.bar
UPLOAD=/path/to/files/to/upload
cd ${UPLOAD} && ftp -u ftp://${FTPUSER}:${FTPPASSWD}@${SERVER} *
Of course, you can utilize .netrc to contain FTP access data. Then,
you just need to call "pure" ftp with server name, and you can
replace * with any file name(s) you want.
However, be aware that FTP doesn't encrypt passwords. You should
take into mind that using FTP with an SSH wrapper, or even
better - scp - is a more secure way to "send files".
--
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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