[KLUG Members] FTP code

[Adam Tauno Williams]

>Perl is super-swell for doing this.  I made a perl program that ftp'ed
>to a server and updated my IP address, so I could always have it (I had
>dial-up).

ncftp will do "unattended" FTP transfers.

ncftpput -c -u coolboy -a -p coolboy-passwd -V ftp.yoyomama.com coolboys-file

>However, I would recommend, if you are going to write a program, to use
>scp instead of ftp, since with ftp, you have your "cheese in the wind",

Yes, scp is better.

>with passwords being sent in plaintext all the live long day.
>Anyway, perl can do this with Net::FTP in no time flat.  I'm sure there
>are scripts lying around the 'net just ready to be picked and edited.

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Morrison Industries
1825 Monroe Ave NW
Grand Rapids, MI. 49505