FTP command line syntax
Dan Nelson
dnelson at allantgroup.com
Tue Sep 28 08:13:07 PDT 2004
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?
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Dan Nelson
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