FTP: Automate Transfers

Introduction link

It’s sometimes convenient to automate certain tasks like uploading files or other operations.

FTP link

With the universal ftp command, here’s an example that you can place in a shell script:

  transfertFile()
{
   inputFile=$1
 
   ftp -n <<end
      prompt
      open $Hostname $Port
      user $Login $Password
      ascii
      put $inputFile
      bye
end
}
  

NCFTP link

With the ncftp utility, it’s even simpler since it works with just one line:

  ncftpput -u $LOGIN -p $PASSWORD $ADDRESS DESTINATION-DIRECTORY FILE-TO-UPLOAD