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

[Fred James]

Thank you for your reply - that did the trick.

Chris Cox wrote:
> 
> 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
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...make every program a filter...