From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chuck Subject: Re: ftp large files to new server Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:33:29 -0400 Message-ID: <48AAAF89.1010501@gelm.net> References: <2e35683f0808180824h159060f7ga5d6745694794114@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: chuck2008@gelm.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <2e35683f0808180824h159060f7ga5d6745694794114@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Bhikkhu Mettavihari Cc: Linux Newbie 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs