I have been using Msys for my Unix Programming course and it works great, beats logging onto a remote machine through PuTTY to connect when I can have everything on my local computer. The only problem is I can't create shell scripts that work properly with the ftp command because it opens in a seperate window and doesn't accept any commands from the script after it is invoked. Is there a way to fix it?
Prepare a script file in your shell, then invoke FTP with that script.Code:$ ftp -h Transfers files to and from a computer running an FTP server service (sometimes called a daemon). Ftp can be used interactively. FTP [-v] [-d] [-i] [-n] [-g] [-s:filename] [-a] [-w:windowsize] [-A] [host] -v Suppresses display of remote server responses. -n Suppresses auto-login upon initial connection. -i Turns off interactive prompting during multiple file transfers. -d Enables debugging. -g Disables filename globbing (see GLOB command). -s:filename Specifies a text file containing FTP commands; the commands will automatically run after FTP starts. -a Use any local interface when binding data connection. -A login as anonymous. -w:buffersize Overrides the default transfer buffer size of 4096. host Specifies the host name or IP address of the remote host to connect to. Notes: - mget and mput commands take y/n/q for yes/no/quit. - Use Control-C to abort commands.
If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
If at first you don't succeed, try writing your phone number on the exam paper.
nice. So if I wanted to write a script to work with ftp, then go back to the shell and have the script execute commands there, I would essentially write one file with all the ftp commands, then invoke in the script all that with the parameter of the file. Is there a way to pipe or redirect what's in the script as a file to ftp?
Msys's ftp doesn't have that option. When I try to use it it flashes the ftp but does nothing.
But msys ftp is just a thin wrapper around the win32 ftp program, viz
Code:$ cat /bin/ftp #!/bin/sh # Copyright (C) 2002, Earnie Boyd # mailto:[email protected] # This file is part of Minimal SYStem. # http://www.mingw.org/msys.shtml # File: ftp cmd //c start ftp "$@"
If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
If at first you don't succeed, try writing your phone number on the exam paper.
I was looking more for the unix type ftp that runs inline with the rxvt. Mainly to be compatiable when I upload it to my school home directory for turning it in.
Edit; and it's still not working with the syntax changed
Last edited by indigo0086; 07-11-2007 at 09:46 AM.
