ftp scriptable

brian goldin @ 2478 [ESRI-Redlands] bgoldin at esri.com
Mon Jan 22 16:25:08 EST 1996


zot,

you probably want to try and use EXPECT it is a tcl based language used
for automating interactive programs like telnet ftp rsh and others.

check out the page @ http://www.sco.com/Technology/tcl/Tcl.html
this page has Tcl/Tk information with plenty of Expect links...

hope this helps.. 

-brian


> I need to have a scriptable ftp.
> 
> I need to do things like ftp to a site, get a listing, and based on
> that listing cd or retrieve or delete.
> 
> I need to automate this.
> 
> Is there a ftp-script out there?  Can perl do this?
> 
> -- 
> Later,
> ZOT                                                        zot at crl.com






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