Editor's Note: Adam Bertram originally wrote this article and Brien Posey has expanded it. Transferring files via FTP is one of those tasks every sysadmin has done at least once in their career. FTP ...

I'm a fairly poor shell scripter, but I'm trying to get ftp backups working across the internet. # this script automates FTP access for backup purposes. # Change the server IP/Hostname, user name, ...

The importance of automating processes can’t be overestimated. Most things start out as a manual procedure until you work out exactly how things should happen, but many times they stay that way ...

I am hoping someone can help with this. I currently download via ftp daily files from a variety of customers. Most are somewhat logical in what they name the files and scripting the downloads is ...