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Name: Srinath
Date: August 17, 2001 at 11:22:38 Pacific
Subject: automating ftp process

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Hi,
I am trying to automate a ftp process that would pull data from a source machine to a target m/c.It should not prompt for inputs(would use something like ftp -n) and then pass userid/password and mget commands thru a file or something like that? I have done this before but i totally forgot how i did it? Any ideas??

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Response Number 1

Name: WolfieK
Date: August 17, 2001 at 13:00:55 Pacific

Reply: (edit)

Hi Srinath,
create a file .netrc in the user's (root ?) homedir:
###########
machine remote_machine login userid password passw
macdef init
put ( or get ) filename
quit
########################
please regard, the last line (the line after 'quit') MUST BE A BLANK LINE.
start the ftp via command line, cronjob, at-job etc etc.:
ftp remote_machine

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Response Number 2

Name: Anil
Date: December 20, 2001 at 01:45:12 Pacific

Reply: (edit)

hi,
$> chmod 600 .netrc
should be the fap mode.

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