simple shell scripting question
hi everyone, just trying to learn how to do shell scription, assigned myself a simple task: I have a webstie which I manage both from home (mac) and work (woody). I use sitecopy at work but my access is only via ftp, so sitecopy can't identify newer files on the website. So after I upsdate the site form home, I usually log in to my work ocmputer and immediately ftp the new site files over. This can be slightly tedious, and I would like to be able to do this in just one command. so I'd like to be able to do this: ftp -i origin.chass.utoronto.ca cd public_html mget * */* */*/* quit unfortunately the last three commands have to be entered on the ftp command line, far as I can tell. so: is there a way to pass these instructions on to ftp from a shell script? I imagine this must be a very ocmmon question... thanks for your help, sorry if this is a little OT. matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: simple shell scripting question
Hi, * Matt Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [02-10-07 23:44]: >I have a webstie which I manage both from home (mac) and work >(woody). I use sitecopy at work but my access is only via ftp, so >sitecopy can't identify newer files on the website. So after I >upsdate the site form home, I usually log in to my work ocmputer and >immediately ftp the new site files over. This can be slightly >tedious, and I would like to be able to do this in just one command. >so I'd like to be able to do this: I'm pretty sure that sitecopy can help you. Maybe you can find something in the manpage. If not, you should have a look at wget, which is a non-interactive ftp-client. Thorsten -- Scully: Do you have a theory? Mulder: I have plenty of theories. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: simple shell scripting question
On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 05:44:53PM -0400, Matt Price wrote: > command line, far as I can tell. so: is there a way to pass these > instructions on to ftp from a shell script? I imagine this must be a The first thing I'd suggest is using one of the script-oriented FTP tools that was designed to work this way, like "ncftpput". But to answer your general question, there's a shell construct called a "here script". It works like this: command_needing_input <
Re: simple shell scripting question
Michael, thanks for the ref to ncftpput. I'l\l look into that and lftp, as someone else suggested. But re: the here script: does this work if I write it ina simple shell script? That is do I write a script thus: cd ~!/website ftp -i origin.chass.utoronto.ca< On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 05:44:53PM -0400, Matt Price wrote: > > command line, far as I can tell. so: is there a way to pass these > > instructions on to ftp from a shell script? I imagine this must be a > > The first thing I'd suggest is using one of the script-oriented FTP > tools that was designed to work this way, like "ncftpput". But to answer > your general question, there's a shell construct called a "here script". > It works like this: > > command_needing_input < input 1 > input 2 > .. > EOF > > You can actually do this at the command line if you want to try it out. > > -- > Michael Heironimus > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: simple shell scripting question
On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 07:03:25PM -0400, Matt Price wrote: > But re: the here script: They're actually usually called "here documents" or "heredocs". > does this work if I write it ina simple shell script? Yes. > That is do I write a script thus: > cd ~!/website That ! looks odd ... did you mean that? > I seem to be getting an error (command not found) What's the full error output? Cheers, -- Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
