ftp script in expect

[joelman at world.std.com (joel Gwynn)]

Scott Lanning wrote:

>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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Have you tried typing 'prompt' first to disable the interactive prompt?


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