FTP: Automate Transfers

Introduction

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

FTP

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

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transfertFile()
{
   inputFile=$1

   ftp -n <<end
      prompt
      open $Hostname $Port
      user $Login $Password
      ascii
      put $inputFile
      bye
end
}

NCFTP

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

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