As usual, there is more than one way to do things in Unix/Linux... Have you looked at cron? (man cron) crontab -l lists any current cron job schedules and crontab -e allows you to edit the crontab (cron table).
Basically, you would write a script to do the ftp operation, mark the script as executable using chmod, and then make a crontab entry to schedule execution of the script when and as often as you desire. On Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 11:34:45PM -0600, David Karlin wrote: > Hello, > I'm running slink and would like to automate an ftp session > to upload a file to a remote server. > > I've been reading a Unix book which says that the "<<" > redirector is usful for this, but no details or example are > given. > > I've also experimented with the macro function within ftp, > but have been unable to set up macros which are available > the next time I run ftp. Seems they last only for one > session. > > > Anyone care to shed some light? > > TIA,
