FTP Automate Shell Script

[Gavin Cameron]

A .netrc file (read the ftp man page) may work for you.

Cheers
Gavin

On 1/30/06, Angelo Christou <christou44 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hello. I am using FreeBSD 6.0 and Bash as my shell. I
> am following a tutorial to create a shell script to
> copy some files. It works perectly exept for 2 points.
>
> Here is the article -
>
> http://www.quepublishing.com/articles/printerfriendly.asp?p=170517
>
> Here is the script -
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> temp="/tmp/$(basename $0).$$" ; trap "/bin/rm -f
> $temp" 0
> targetdir="remote-dir"
> remote="laptop.intuitive.com"
>
> echo "taylor" > $temp
> echo "cd $targetdir" >> $temp
>
> for file in *
> do
> if [ -f $file ] ; then
>   echo "put $file $file" >> $temp
> else
>   echo "skipping $file: not a file." >&2
> fi
> done
>
> echo "quit" >> $temp
>
> ftp $remote < $temp
>
> exit 0
>
> One problem is that the password must be entered
> manually, I have spent a good part of the day
> experimenting but can't seem to automate this. Can the
> password be entered using the script?
>
> The other problem is that it copies the actual file.
> What command would I look at to copy only images
> (.jpg) for example?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Ang.
>
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