Re: ftp large files to new server

[Chuck <chuck2007@gelm.net>]

Bhikkhu Mettavihari wrote:
> I live in Sri Lanka and have 2 servers in the USA.
> Server1 is a Debian Box
> Server2 is a shared box where I do not have command line access
>
> I have several large files that I have to upload from server1 to Server2.
> I would first ssh to Server1
> then as root or as a user I will
> #ftp Server2
> I get a login and password
> I am accepted as a user.
> then I give the command
> mput *.mpeg
> and the first file will start going
> Then my ssh will time out before the file is uploaded
> and I do not have the possibility to say continue with the next file
>
> Is there a way of telling my ftp client to do mput without prompting
> me for the next file name.
>
> regards
> Mettavihari
>   
Dear Mettavihari:

 I don't know which 'ftp' server application is being used at your 
servers, but
here are some commands I have used:
binary ( to make the circuit work with non-text/ascii/... data)
prompt (this toggles prompting between files)
hash (this displays an octothorpe "#" for each SIZE bytes transferred ).
passive (allows 'dir' and 'ls' commands through a firewall or proxy)

# ftp -p -i hostname
"-p and -i" invokes 'passive' and 'non-interactive' from command line.

HTH, Chuck



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