"Bill" risked the wrath of Usenet weenies mastering
mommies computer when he ventured forth on 2006-02-07, commmitted
his life to the whims of Google, and spluttered:

> On 6 Feb 2006 11:21:18 GMT, Walter Mitty
> <mitticus@gmail.com> wrote:
>> could someone provide me with a script to log into an ftp server, do a
>> couple of things and STAY logged in? this does its stuff and exits:
>>
>> HOST=ddddd
>> USER=uuuuu
>> PASSWD=pppppp
>>
>> ftp -n $HOST <<E
>> quote USER $USER
>> quote PASS $PASSWD
>> bin
>> hash
>> prompt
>> E
>>
>>
>> thanks for any pointers.
>>
> An ftp script usually logs out when it ends. Perhaps what you want is a
> .netrc file. (man netrc)
>

Thats on the way : thanks. I can now log in using

ftp sitename.com

(ideally i wouldnt have to specify the remote site name either, but I
suppose thats why scripts exist).


BUT now I cant run the default settings I want such as bin & prompt :
well, there are command line parms for bin mode, but not for hash and
prompt.

Is there some sort of "default" settings for ftp?

The manual doesnt say anything unless I have missed it.

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