Moving Files from Windows to Linux

Posts: 766 · Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 11:24 pm

One of our clients is working on an application that has 'accidentally' straddled two operating systems - Debian Linux and Windows 2003. The Linux server is being used as an SMTP mailer taking advantage of PostFix and Mailman, our recommended open source list server software.

In order to update the list, however, our client must write subscribing addresses to a text file, which is copied from the Windows server to the Linux server (using some sort of cronjob w/FTP I assume) and then a command line script adds members based off the contents of the text file.

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Now, can anyone here clarify how the Linux server can FTP files from the Windows server on a schedule?

Posts: 17 · Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2004 5:18 am

Ok - well this is a perl form - here is the module to use - it is pretty easy and straightforward. To the new, a login (don't use anonymous) and a get. Done

Code:

NAME
Net::FTP - FTP Client class

SYNOPSIS
use Net::FTP;

$ftp = Net::FTP->new("some.host.name", Debug => 0)
or die "Cannot connect to some.host.name: $@";

$ftp->login("anonymous",'-anonymous@')
or die "Cannot login ", $ftp->message;

$ftp->cwd("/pub")
or die "Cannot change working directory ", $ftp->message;

$ftp->get("that.file")
or die "get failed ", $ftp->message;

$ftp->quit;

Posts: 766 · Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2004 5:56 pm

LoL...I guess you could call that "Do or Die" code. Laughing