Automating an FTP upload

[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

#!/bin/sh
for i in '/xxx/*'
do
        if [ -f /xxx/$i ]
        then
                HOST='xxx.xxx.com'
                USER='xxxx'
                PASSWD='xxxx'
                FILE='$i'
                ftp -n $HOST <<END_SCRIPT
                quote USER $USER
                quote PASS $PASSWD
                ascii
                put $FILE
                END_SCRIPT
        fi
done

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:

uploader.sh: 19: Syntax error: end of file unexpected (expecting "fi")

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.

[masijade]

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.

[medaugh]

That worked great. Thanks for saving me from a very long weekend.

:p

[zerobreach.com]

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

#!/bin/sh
for i in '/xxx/*'
do
        if [ -f /xxx/$i ]
        then
                HOST='xxx.xxx.com'
                USER='xxxx'
                PASSWD='xxxx'
                FILE='$i'
                ftp -n $HOST <<END_SCRIPT
                quote USER $USER
                quote PASS $PASSWD
                ascii
                put $FILE
                END_SCRIPT
        fi
done

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:

uploader.sh: 19: Syntax error: end of file unexpected (expecting "fi")

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 wouldn't waste your time trying to shell this in this mannor. Use "expect" - once you have expect loaded which does come with most distros - just run autoexpect, and it will record your network activity of ftping. When your finished, just open the script and edit accordingly.

Hope this helps - here is expect: http://sourceforge.net/projects/expect

[toztech]

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 <

[sut]

If you want to indent you can use the indent option for inline files:

if [[ something ]] ; then
    ftp -n $HOST <<-END_SCRIPT
        ...
        ftp commands
        ...
    END_SCRIPT
fi

Note the dash before the introduction to the inline file.

[ganeshbonde]

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

[masijade]

Start your own thread.

[musicalsailor]

I'm running on a Linux machine and can't get FTP uploads working. Here's my script:
HOST='ftp.name.com'
USER='username'
PASSWD='mypwd'
FILE='f1020811'
DIR='/data_dir/send'
echo **************************************************************
echo * Attempting FTP *
echo **************************************************************
ftp -n -u -d ftp.name.com <

[Derek001]

Thanks Masijade
This has solved my problem
I had the END_SCRIPT indented with one tab, and removing that has got it going.
MANY THANKS
Derek

[Gromit]

Expect is definitely the way to go... OR you could generate a list of files first (store them in a variable or temporary file), and use ncftpput to do the work, no expect or << required!