FTP command line syntax
JohnsoBS at vicksburg.navy.mil
JohnsoBS at vicksburg.navy.mil
Tue Sep 28 08:46:42 PDT 2004
Try ncFTP. GREAT commandline client with resume and more features..
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Suhre [mailto:steve at Antero.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 5:42 PM
To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: FTP command line syntax
Thanks, wish I could say the same.... I'm running 4.6 on this machine. The
man pages in 4.6 give the syntax so I assumed it would work. I tried
"fetch" also and got a parsing error. I'll try grabbing a newer version of
ftp and/or fetch and see if that works.
At 09:12 AM 9/28/2004, you wrote:
>In the last episode (Sep 28), Steve Suhre said:
> > I need to set up a cron job that will fetch a file using ftp and a
> > password. I've tried several versions of the commands as described in
> > the man page and the Auto-Fetch section but I'm getting an error that
> > makes me think I'm missing something...
> >
> > If I use the suggested syntax:
> >
> > ftp ftp://user:password@host/path
> >
> > I get: Can't locate or login to host `user'
>
>Works for me:
>
> $ ftp ftp://doesnt:exist@ftp.netscape.com/path
> Connected to ftp.gftp.netscape.com.
> 220-35
> 220 ftpnscp.newaol.com FTP server (SunOS 5.8) ready.
> 331 Password required for doesnt.
> 530 Login incorrect.
> ftp: Login failed.
> ftp: Can't connect or login to host `ftp.netscape.com'
> 221 Goodbye.
> $
>
>What version of FreeBSD are you running?
>
>--
> Dan Nelson
> dnelson at allantgroup.com
---
Steve Suhre
Antero web technologies
719.634.8161
steve at Antero.com
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