ftp script in expect

[slanning at buphy.bu.edu (Scott Lanning)]

On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Ron Peterson wrote:
>What with the constant barrage of new and improved virii, I thought I'd
>make it easier to help my Windows friends.  So I wrote this little expect
>script.  Problem is, it stops downloading and quits after one file.
>
>(?)
>
>spawn ftp ftp.nai.com
>expect "Name*:"
>send "anonymous\r"
>expect "Password:"
>send "devnull at pagoda.mtholyoke.edu\r"
>expect "ftp>"
>send "cd pub/antivirus/datfiles/4.x\r"
>expect "ftp>"
>send "bin\r"
>expect "ftp>"
>send "prompt\r"
>expect "ftp>"
>send "mget *\r"
>expect "ftp>"
>send "quit"

Whenever I do mget, it prompts for each file, like:

ftp> mget *.txt
mget foo.txt?

and then you have to hit Enter each time.

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