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From: carl@csli.Stanford.EDU (Carl Schaefer)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: One-shot ftp client
Message-ID: <12466@csli.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 28 Feb 90 08:02:08 GMT
References: <792@winnie.fit.edu> <1990Feb18.000713.28831@axion.bt.co.uk> <1990Feb26.200045.24761@sq.sq.com>
Sender: carl@csli.Stanford.EDU (Carl Schaefer)
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In article <1990Feb26.200045.24761@sq.sq.com> ian@SQ.Com (ian) writes:
] #! /bin/sh
] # yet another batch ftp client
] # usage: shftp address loginname password file1 [file2 file3 file4 file5]
] 
] machine=$1
] login=$2
] passwd=$3
] shift; shift; shift;
] echo "machine $machine login $login password $passwd" >> $HOME/.netrc
] chmod 600 $HOME/.netrc
] 
] ftp $machine <<!
] binary
] get $1
] get $2
] get $3
] get $4
] get $5
] get $6
] quit
] !
] sort -u -o $HOME/.netrc $HOME/.netrc & # now filter out dups, in background
] 
] 
] Ian Darwin
] ian@sq.com


urk.  how crufty.  How about:

    #!/bin/sh
    # usage: shftp address loginname password file

    ftp -n << +
      open $1
      quote USER $2
      quote PASS $3
      get $4
    +
    exit
-- 
Carl Schaefer
carl@csli.stanford.edu