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Any ftp-command-scripting possible?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John D. Mitchell)
Sat Nov 2 16:35:17 1996
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 1996 13:35:20 -0800
From: "John D. Mitchell" <johnm@mitchell.org>
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>>>>> "Julien" == Julien Michielsen <jmichielsen@kennis.hobby.nl> writes:
>A few ftp-sites I regularly visit all have their own clumsy site-name
>and still more akward directory structure. Would it be possible to
>compose a script of the name ftstn which I could execute after dialing
>my provider, and which would
>-1 ftp site n
>-2 login as ftp, and supply my username as the password
>-3 go to a certain directory at the ftp-site
>-4 exit, and leave controll to me.
ncftp will saves the last directory that you visited at each site.
The general answer when it comes to "scripting" interactive programs is to
use "expect". Try "man expect" for more information. There's also an
O'Reilly book about expect.
Go wild,
John
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