The more generic and expandable way to do this is to use expect and tcl. Of
course, this requires you learn expect, but I find it invaluable in nework
management.
Booker Rosemary wrote:
> I've actually used a single command line prompt in a script for ftp
>
> ftp -v -n wis2 < nms.params
>
> where nms.params =
> user <username> <userpassword>
> ascii
> put <filename>
>
> This way I don't have to wait for prompts from ftp.
>
> I think tftp has the same sort of functionality.
>
> Rosemary
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Lucy Premus [SMTP:lpremus@METLIFE.COM]
> > Sent: Wednesday, 17 February 1999 6:22
> > To: NV-L@UCSBVM.ucsb.edu
> > Subject: responding to prompt in ksh script
> >
> > I want to do a tftp, from a ksh script, to another system to retrieve
> > files that
> > my script is going use. Is this possible? How do I know when I get the
> > tftp>
> > prompt so that I could issue my get command and then of course quit from
> > the
> > tftp connection?
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