[ILUG] grabbing ftp files remotely...

[Brady, Padraig]

Following is a simple script I did to work across firewalls:
I ran it everyday using crontab.

#! /bin/sh

transfer_file1="/etc/data.txt"
transfer_dest_dir="/usr/users/me/data"
num_files=1

##################################################
# These are the necessary pieces of info
# about the machine outside the firewall.
##################################################

outsideFW_host="10.1.1.1"
outsideFW_user="user"
outsideFW_password="pw"

##################################################
# These are the necessary pieces of info
# for the host behind the firewall to transfer
# the files to.
##################################################

insideFW_host="10.1.1.2"
insideFW_user="user"
insideFW_password="pw"

##################################################
# Some bookeeping
##################################################
rm -f ftp_fw_tmp_log #temp file removed

echo ------`date`------ >> $1

##################################################
# Do the file transfer
##################################################
echo "open $insideFW_host
user $insideFW_user $insideFW_password
cd $transfer_dest_dir
proxy open $outsideFW_host
proxy user $outsideFW_user $outsideFW_password
ascii
proxy ascii
proxy put $transfer_file1 `basename $transfer_file1`
quit" | ftp -v -n -i 2>&1 >> ftp_fw_tmp_log
# -n = ignore .netrc file
# -i = turn off interactive prompting
# -v = be more verbose (so can check for correct transfer)

###################################################
# Check the transfer worked OK
###################################################

if test `grep "226 Transfer complete" ftp_fw_tmp_log | wc -l` = `expr 2 \*
$num_files`
then
	echo "..SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER.." >> $1
else
	echo "UNSUCCESSFUL TRANSFER!!" >> $1
fi

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vincent Cunniffe [mailto:vcunniff at arbgroup.com]
> Sent: 19 November 1999 15:09
> To: ilug
> Subject: [ILUG] grabbing ftp files remotely...
> 
> 
> Right : 
> 
> I have a Solaris box, and a DEC Alpha OpenVMS box, and I want
> to script a filetransfer to the Solaris box from the Alpha.
> 
> Script should run on the Solaris box, and the ideal tool that
> I can think of would be one to snag a specific file per command
> via a *non*-interactive ftp session with the Alpha box. 
> 
> Having the username and password in the script is OK, as it's
> a root-privilege one only.
> 
> Any suggestions for tools?
> 
> Vin
> 
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