cron jobs to upload a file via FTP

Question

Is it possible to use CRON to upload a file via FTP? If yes how can I call FTP to run an upload?

Accepted Answer

Assuming a UNIX-like operating system you could setup a cron job that pointed to a shell script like the following:

```
#!/bin/sh
cd [source directory]
ftp -n [destination host]<<END
user [user] [password]
put [source file]
quit
END
```

Depending on your ftp client defaults and the source file type you may need to specify `binary` prior to the `put`.

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