[NTLUG:Discuss] any experience with an expect script to run ftp session?

[Chris Cox]

Your getting a timeout "expect"ing for the ftp> prompt
while the mget is taking place.  Adjust the timeout
value to infinity (or a reasonably large value) if you have
to before you do the mget.


Fred James wrote:
> 
> Has any one had any experience with an expect script to run ftp session?
> I have one that starts, gets maybe 3 of the 50+ files it should, and
> then quits with no apparent error.
> I tested by
> (1) doing manually everything the script does and the session worked
> fine.
> (2) manually kicking off the expect script and it failed just as noted
> above.
> 
> In case there are any takers, I have attached an ASCII text file called:
> sample_script
> 
> --
> ...make every program a filter...
> 
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> #!/usr/bin/expect -f
> # ftp_ppdv
> #
> 
> cd path_to_target_directory_on_local_host
> spawn /usr/bin/ftp -i remote_host
> while 1 { expect {
>         "Name\*: "      {send "remote_username\r"}
>         "Password:"     {send "remote_user_password\r"}
>         "ftp> "         {break}
>         "failed"        {send_user "Can't log in.\r"; exit 1}
>         timeout         {send_user "Timeout problem.\r"; exit 2}
> }}
> send "cd path_to_source_directory_on_remote_host\r"
> expect "ftp> "          {send "mget \*\r"}
> expect "ftp> "          {send "bye\r"; send_user "\r"}
> exit 0