Automated FTP in Unix
#!/bin/sh ### Sample Script and Method for FTP files from one ### Machine/Host to another Machine. ### ### If you want to ftp few file from ### Host-A (location /b002/org_files/) ### to Host-B (location /u001/b_loc), ### here is the script and methods. ### ### 1) Login into Host-B ### 2) cd /u001/b_loc ### 3) Then run the following FTP scripts as follows ### # auto_ftp.ksh > auto_ftp.lst & ### ### ftp -n host-A.com << !EOF user unix-username password cd /b002/org_files prompt bin mget filename1 mget filename2 mget filename3 quit !EOF
Script 2
#!/usr/local/expect -f
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# File Name : ftp2host.exp #
# # Purpose : This script automates the ftp telnet interface #
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# 1. Set the ftp prompt using a regular expression.
set ftp_prompt "ftp>?"
set hostname [lindex $argv 0]
set username mbt
set password mbt
set ftp_prompt ftp
set option bin
set fname [lindex $argv 1]
## procedure for check for proper agrguments
proc testArgs {} {
global hostname
global fname
if {$hostname == "" || $fname == ""} {
puts "\n#**************Invalid no of argumeters!!************#\n"
puts " usage : expect ftp2host.exp <hostIP> <currentDirFile> "
puts "\n Note: given file(arg2) should be in current directory"
puts "\n#****************************************************#\n"
exit 0
}
}
## main program stats here starts with calling procedure testArgs
{testArgs}
# Connect to the FTP server using the "spawn" command.
spawn ftp $hostname
# Wait for a login prompt.
expect -re "(Name|login|Login|Username).*:.*" {
# Login prompt received. Send user name to Unix server.
exp_send "$username\r"
} eof {
# No login prompt received. Display an error.
exp_send_user "could not connect\n"
}
# Wait for a password prompt from the Unix server.
expect "Password:" {
# Password prompt received. Send the password.
exp_send "$password\r"
}
# Wait for an FTP prompt. Enter FTP commands.
expect -re $ftp_prompt {
# Change to the upload directory on the Unix server.
exp_send "$option\r"
}
expect -re $ftp_prompt {
# Upload the file to the Unix server.
exp_send "put $fname\r"
}
expect -re "sent" {
# Close the FTP connection to the Unix server.
exp_send "bye\r"
puts "\n ********$fname Transferred Successfully********"
}
