Sending files via FTP automatically under LINUX

Hi,

I'm going to show how to send files (backup copies for example) via FTP using ncftp and a traditiona ftp cliente under linux.

NCFTP

First we need to install the ncftp package:

apt-get insttall ncftp

And now the script (script name: sendviaftp.sh) :

#!/bin/bash
FTP_SERV="ftp.yourserver.com"
FTP_USER="youruser"
FTP_PASS="yourpass"
FTP_PATH="/directory/you/want"
ncftpput -R -m -u $FTP_USER - p $FTP_USER $FTP_SERV $FTP_PATH $1

where $1 is the command line parameter. For example:

./sendviaftp.sh   filetosend.tar.gz

FTP Cliente

If you want to do the same with your traditional FTP client the steps are:

1) Add to the file  ~/.netrc the user and password for your FTP

vi ~/.netrc
default login FTPUSERNAME password FTPPASSWORD

2) Write the next script

#!/bin/bash
HOST='ftp.yourserver .com'
ftp  -i $HOST <<END_SCRIPT
put $1
quit
END_SCRIPT
exit 0

3) Try it up:

chmod 0600 ~/.netrc
chmod +x ftpscript
./ftpscript

Bye!