[SWLUG] batch ftp

[Bryn Reeves]

On 14:55 Thu 09 Oct     , nat wrote:
> hi collective knowledge of swlug!
> 
> bit of a query, i've got a heap of remote boxes that i need to backup 
> data from to a server every night. the protocol i've got to use is ftp, 
> insecure on its own but this is in an ipsec tunnels :)
> 
> does anyone know of any readily avaiable scripts of utils for uploading 
> the whole of a directory and its sub directorys and files easily? i'm 
> hoping something has already been written and i wont have to hack 
> something together in perl.
> 
> the boxes as a mixture of redhat and debian.
> 
> ta in advance,
> 
> :)
> 
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Hi nat,

ncftp is available which has a non-interactive ftp client designed to be
called from shell scripts. It has a batch mode and can recursively descend
an entire directory tree. There's also a perl module Net::FTP but I've
never used it.

Just a thought, but if security isn't a problem, might it be easier to use
rsync? It's smarter than ftp in that it knows not to replace files if they
haven't changed. It's a pretty standard service so should be readily
available on your redhat/debian machines.

Cheers

Bryn