NAME

ftp-put - copy files from local host to remote using passive mode ftp

SYNOPSIS

ftp-put LocalFilename RemoteHost [RemoteFilename] [:debug=true] [:buff=2048] [:rename=true]

DESCRIPTION

ftp-put Opens a connection to the ftp server on the RemoteHost, and puts, using ftp passive mode, the LocalFilename to a temporary filename constructed from the RemoteFilename. When the data transfer is complete a RENAME operation is issued. Therefore the RemoteFilename appears atomically. This is very important when uploading files to an area from which other ftp and http processes are actively serving. If :rename=false then the file is stored directly without renaming.

Username and password may be picked up from environment variables (RemoteHost_USER and RemoteHost_PASS) or the user is prompted.

If LocalFilename is . (dot) then the data is read from standard input.

EXIT STATUS

Errors result in a non-zero exit status.

AUTHOR

gjc@world.std.com http://people.delphi.com/gjc/siod.html

FILES

/usr/local/bin/ftp-put /usr/local/bin/siod /usr/local/lib/libsiod.so /usr/local/lib/siod/ss.so /usr/local/lib/siod/ftp.scm

BUGS

The password is received using the built-in unix getpass, which on some systems (Solaris) truncates the user input to 8 characters. If the remote system can handle longer passwords then this is a problem.