Comments on: RHEL / CentOS Linux FTP Cron Job for automatic ftp backup

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:48:37 +0000

How can I get this to show the output from ftp so I can verify the file transferred correctly?

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:49:21 +0000

just a note that your cron cmd is wrong: crontab lines are minute, hour.

By: Bishop

Bishop — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:46:04 +0000

Ekram, try changing directory either befor you enter FTP or once in. That way, it will default to looking for your file in that directory. Don’t forget the / at the beginning of your path (/path/of/filename or //path/of/filename). Note: I am going over a secure network.

#/bin/ksh
# —– auto ftp DRAFT!!!
cd /path/of/filename

HOST=’Server_IP’
USER=’User_ID’
PASSWD=’password’

ftp -n $HOST < quote USER $USER
quote PASS $PASSWD
binary
put filename.txt /path/of/out_file/test_ftp.txt
quit
END_SCRIPT

By: Ekram

Ekram — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:32:57 +0000

one more thing i solve the permission problem but i think mput full path name not supported?
please help me

By: Ekram

Ekram — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:44:04 +0000

Hi the problem is mput line.
if i give the full path its give 550 error which is seems permission related.
I just then give the file name for example mput filename works for me.

what is the problem with
mput path/of/filename

By: Ethan Russell

Ethan Russell — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:07:43 +0000

Thanks very much for the script, worked like a champ with minimal modifications needed.

By: Jozef Sevcik

Jozef Sevcik — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:18:37 +0000

One note, it’s useful to run ftp with ‘-i’ option also, so I use ‘ftp -ni’.
It will disable confirmation at mput for all files and also enable you to transfer more all files you filter (*.tar.gz in article.)
My $0.02

By: Jozef Sevcik

Jozef Sevcik — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:59:17 +0000

Thank you, it’s very helpful.

By: Web Guy

Web Guy — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 07:36:25 +0000

Hey,

It is very helpful. Though have not tried it yet, I believe it will work like charm.

By: Mrtz

Mrtz — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:53:32 +0000

very useful, thanks.

By: mcguillan

mcguillan — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:33:12 +0000

It would be better to encrypt at least the user and pass with md5…

By: Internet Marketing Legacy

Internet Marketing Legacy — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:31:28 +0000

Hey, this is very helpful. Thank for the script.

By: Wilfred

Wilfred — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:43:36 +0000

Where does it say it’s secure?
It does the job, period.
FTP itself isn’t secure

By: Planet Malaysia

Planet Malaysia — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 07:23:10 +0000

I think this is not secure.