Hi,

Given the list of files generated from this statement

find . -type f

How would I insert each into successive iterations of this command

printf "%s\n" "put ${FILE_PATH}" | ftp myhost.com

I'm on Fedora Core 5 Linux using an sh script.

Thanks, - Dave

2006-12-7, 14:18(-08), laredotornado@zipmail.com:
> Hi,
>
> Given the list of files generated from this statement
>
> find . -type f
>
> How would I insert each into successive iterations of this command
>
> printf "%s\n" "put ${FILE_PATH}" | ftp myhost.com
>
> I'm on Fedora Core 5 Linux using an sh script.
[...]

With zsh

autoload -U zfinit # if not already in your ~/.zshrc
zfinit #

zfopen myhost.com
zfput ./**/*(D.)

Or:

zfput -r .

to replicate the directory structure on the server.

See:

info -f zsh -n 'Zftp Function System'
for details

In any case, I wouldn't use the ftp command. Use lftp or any
other scriptable ftp client.

--
Stéphane

laredotornado@zipmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Given the list of files generated from this statement
>
> find . -type f
>
> How would I insert each into successive iterations of this command
>
> printf "%s\n" "put ${FILE_PATH}" | ftp myhost.com
>
> I'm on Fedora Core 5 Linux using an sh script.


Probably not how you want to do it.

Plain old ftp is not easily scripted - it can't handle failure well.
However, for very simple cases, you can use "here" files or .netrc
files.

See http://aplawrence.com/Unixart/scripting_ftp.html for examples and
better choices for more robust use.

--
Tony Lawrence
Unix/Linux/Mac OS X Resources
http://aplawrence.com