Ryan Mackay said: > Sometime near Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 08:57:43AM -0600, Ian Melnick wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> Is there any way to use the 'standard' ftp in this sort of way? >> >> ncftpget -c [options] remote-host remote-file > stdout >> >> I want to be able to pipe a download thru dd, but I don't have ncftp >> installed on the machine I want to do it on (and I also can't get >> ncftp for it...long story). >> >> >> Thanks! > > wget supports ftp, maybe it could help :D
Or else something like this: [EMAIL PROTECTED] scripts]$ cat ftpout #!/bin/bash TMPFILE=/tmp/tempfile ftp $1 <<ENDIT get $2 $TMPFILE quit ENDIT cat $TMPFILE rm $TMPFILE [EMAIL PROTECTED] scripts]$ cat test this is a test BYE!!! [EMAIL PROTECTED] scripts]$ ./ftpout nologic.org test this is a test BYE!!! [EMAIL PROTECTED] scripts]$ All done with a .netrc file to prevent the need for username and password. HTH. /Ciaran. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
