ftp command

[Kenneth Brody]

Jean-Pierre A. Radley wrote:
> Dennis Malen propounded (on Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 03:37:31PM -0400):
> | Just to confirm. Is the following line from Unix to Windows?
> | 
> | SYSTEM "ftp -s:/path/to/ftp/script/file hostname"
> | 
> | Don't I have to identify the IP address of the server that I am sending it 
> | to?
> 
> No, if your DNS can properly resolve 'hostname'.
> 
> I've never known of any -s option for the Unix ftp command.
> 
> Who told you of such an option?

Windows has that option in their ftp client to script the session, and I 
originally missed the part that he wants to run it on the Unix side.  I 
followed up my original message pointing that out, and told him to find out 
the corresponding flags (if any) on his Unix ftp client.

-- 
Kenneth Brody