Hi again,
I am trying to set up an automatic FTP transfer each night.
I am using the .netrc config file and for testing the contents are (names
and addresses changed to protect the innocent):
machine 123.123.123.123 login loginname password mum macdef init
bin
prompt
cd /ps_in/pbcp/eaqr
cd /ps_in/pbcp/eavr
quit
I Call this from another little script (ftptransfer) using the line
**SNIP***
ftp 125.21.70.189 > $DATAAREA/log/logfile
**SNIP**
When I run this from the command prompt it all works fine and my log file is
written eg:
Connected to 123.123.123.123.
220 Microsoft FTP Service (Version 4.0). #not my server so don't blame me
331 Password required for loginname.
230 User loginname logged in.
bin
200 Type set to I.
prompt
Interactive mode off.
cd /ps_in/pbcp/eaqr
250 CWD command successful.
cd /ps_in/pbcp/eavr
250 CWD command successful.
quit
221
Now, when I run this using a cron job:
my log file consists of
Interactive mode off.
Not quite the result I was expecting.
any ideas???
regards
Alister Waller
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