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Automating an FTP upload
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Hello,
I have stared at this script for the last two days and am unable to find the cause of my error message. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
The script is
I have removed some of the site specifics but this is the basic script. If I remove the For loop and If condition and just specify the file name, the ftp works. Introduction of the loops causes:
each time. The error is always listed as one line past the length of the script. I am completely baffled as to what I am missing in this script.
I have stared at this script for the last two days and am unable to find the cause of my error message. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
The script is
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I have removed some of the site specifics but this is the basic script. If I remove the For loop and If condition and just specify the file name, the ftp works. Introduction of the loops causes:
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each time. The error is always listed as one line past the length of the script. I am completely baffled as to what I am missing in this script.
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I coould be completely wrong, because I always put it against the left edge anyway, but I believe the "END_SCRIPT" marker you are using to end the so-called here document, needs to be against the left hand side, in otherwords at the beginning of the new line.
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Originally Posted by medaugh 
Hello,
I have stared at this script for the last two days and am unable to find the cause of my error message. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
The script is
I have removed some of the site specifics but this is the basic script. If I remove the For loop and If condition and just specify the file name, the ftp works. Introduction of the loops causes:Shell Scripting Syntax (Toggle Plain Text)
each time. The error is always listed as one line past the length of the script. I am completely baffled as to what I am missing in this script.Shell Scripting Syntax (Toggle Plain Text)
Hope this helps - here is expect: http://sourceforge.net/projects/expect
Greetings,
The method you are using is going to hammer the ftp with a connect and disconnect for every file in that dir. I have re-wrote it to make it more connection friendly, I would consider using the for loop on the send only. Like so:
#!/bin/sh
# Declare Variables
HOST='xxx.xxx.com'
USER='xxxx'
PASSWD='xxxx'
# Start FTP Connection
ftp -n $HOST <<END_SCRIPT
quote USER $USER
quote PASS $PASSWD
ascii
# Initiate Loop for Sending File
for file in '/xxx/*'
do
if [ -f /xxx/$file ]
then
put $FILE
fi
done
END_SCRIPT
The method you are using is going to hammer the ftp with a connect and disconnect for every file in that dir. I have re-wrote it to make it more connection friendly, I would consider using the for loop on the send only. Like so:
#!/bin/sh
# Declare Variables
HOST='xxx.xxx.com'
USER='xxxx'
PASSWD='xxxx'
# Start FTP Connection
ftp -n $HOST <<END_SCRIPT
quote USER $USER
quote PASS $PASSWD
ascii
# Initiate Loop for Sending File
for file in '/xxx/*'
do
if [ -f /xxx/$file ]
then
put $FILE
fi
done
END_SCRIPT
Last edited by toztech; Sep 11th, 2006 at 4:17 pm.
If you want to indent you can use the indent option for inline files:
Note the dash before the introduction to the inline file.
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Note the dash before the introduction to the inline file.
hi
can anybody help me in automating ftp. following is my program
#!/bin/sh
HOST="192.168.1.227"
USERNAME="ganesh"
PASS="ganesh123"
ftp -n -v $HOST << EOF
USER $USERNAME
PASSWORD $PASS
bin
hash
prompt
get messages.properties
bye
EOF
i have problem in login the FTP
can anybody help me in automating ftp. following is my program
#!/bin/sh
HOST="192.168.1.227"
USERNAME="ganesh"
PASS="ganesh123"
ftp -n -v $HOST << EOF
USER $USERNAME
PASSWORD $PASS
bin
hash
prompt
get messages.properties
bye
EOF
i have problem in login the FTP
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Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it.
--Brian Kernighan
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Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it.
--Brian Kernighan
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