RE: Help writing a back up script

["Hayes, Ian" <Ian.Hayes () wynnlasvegas com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Juan B [mailto:juanbabi () yahoo com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 2:24 AM
> To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: Help writing a back up script
>
> Hi guys,
>
> I need to back up some data to remote ftp server on
> weekly basis.
>
> the local machine is xp. how can I write a script that
> logs in to the ftp ,deletes a a file in the ftp server
> and uploads the data?

Write a text file that has the FTP commands you want to execute:

ftp somehost
USER myuser
PASS mypass
DELETE oldfile
PUT newfile

Save as ftpscript.txt

Invoke the script like so:
ftp -s:ftpscript.txt


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