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I am trying to create a script that I can use to transfer file via ftp access from a remote server to my own server(local server) using conjob.

The problem I am having a "bash scripts troubleshooting". Can some one please help me and look at the code and tell the problem and how to fix it.

I am not very good at coding please try to use simple english

This is the script iam trying to use:

#!/bin/sh
filename="/home/www////// " 
hostname=" FTP hostname "
username="FTP username "
password=" FTP password "
ftp -un $hostname <<EOF
quote USER $username
quote PASS $password
binary
put $filename
quit
EOF
Archemar
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Remmy Mayanja
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    You have said you want to use bash, but your script header invokes Bourne shell: it should be #!/bin/bash, or #!/bin/bash -x if you want to log debug lines. – AFH Nov 15 '16 at 14:34
  • looks like you are sending file (from local to remote), what is exactly the error ? – Archemar Nov 15 '16 at 14:50
  • hey Archemar. Iam trying to receive from Remote to local. I tried to use #!/bin/bash but it did not work. I then contact my hosting support who told me that i had a bash scripts troubleshooting. I googled and found out that that i should try #!/bin/sh. what would you suggest if iam to recieve from remote to local. Thanks alot for your time. Regards remmy – Remmy Mayanja Nov 15 '16 at 15:43
  • This is not a script writing service. You have already been told how to debug it: insert, immediately after the shebang line, the line set -x. This produces debugging information step by step, it will help you find your error. It is more important to learn a general technique to debug something, than being handed the solution for a specific case. – MariusMatutiae Nov 15 '16 at 17:27
  • @RemmyMayanja you might consider putting all the ftp commands into a text file (say "commandfile") and running ftp <commandfile – uSlackr Nov 15 '16 at 17:37
  • @MariusMatutiae thanks for your explanation. I am stil new to writing scripts and coding in general, so I stil having alot to learn and I will try to learn more about general technique to debug. I will try what you suggested and se if it works – Remmy Mayanja Nov 15 '16 at 18:27
  • @uSlackr thanks for your suggestion, i will try it and see if I can solve the problem:-) – Remmy Mayanja Nov 15 '16 at 18:28
  • I've been trying to get this to work on a couple of FTP servers: on a local server on my intranet it works fine, but there is a problem with sending the password on a remote server, even when running interactively (FireFTP is OK) - rather odd. I've always used ~/.netrc for automated transfers, as in this answer, though you'll need to be sure of what account is being used for your cron job. Incidentally, on Ubuntu ftp doesn't understand the -u option. – AFH Nov 16 '16 at 18:29

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