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ftp in non-interactive mode

I want to ftp a file in a non-interactive way from a Nt machine [ftp server is installed in NT machine]

ie. something like this.. in a single line

The foll. will be invoked in a unix system

$ ftp <ip addr> user <username> password <passwd> get filename

There is a tool "expect" using which we can put our commands in a file and "expect" will take care of the rest. Other than this, ie. without using expect , is there a way to do this, using shell commands alone?

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th94nn

your standard PC ftp will read from a file:
ftp -s:filename
(check with ftp -h)
so if you want to do it as you indicate, then you can
make a batch file or script that you call myftp

in the script you will be grabing $1 $2 $3 etc..
build your tempfile so:
echo "USER fred" >tempfile
echo "password xyz" >>tempfile
..
..
echo get $3 >>tempfile
ftp -s tempfile
delete tempfile

the correct syntax you have to do yourself..
but this is the Idea.

your Unix ftp example doesn't work from a csh...
I also use a script to autoftp under Unix.

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