Thanks so much. One question, I created a .netrc file and put it in the root (/root) directory and this is what it looks like below. I have taken out the IP, user name & password so no body can use them. Can you tell me if my syntax is correct and how do I activate this file and is this file in the right place on the server. Thanks,
machine 172.16.0.38 login password macdef init binary lcd /ftp cd /var/temp get newemp.db quit VJ Viraj Dixit City of Palo Alto Information Technology 650-329-2118 -----Original Message----- From: Polytropon [mailto:free...@edvax.de] Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 12:03 AM To: Dixit, Viraj Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is their Automatic command to send a JPG file using FTP On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:08:40 -0800, "Dixit, Viraj" <viraj.di...@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}:${ftppass...@${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, ... _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"