Thanks for your time on this Ben. Much appreciated. OK so it's not suitable for what I wanted to do (sorry if I didn't make this clear in the original posting). Ah well it was interesting to have a look at curl, and yes it seems quite nice to use. Looks like I will go back and look at lftp which says it supports ftps, and this does do mirroring. Cheers and thanks again, Ross > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list- > bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ben > Sent: 21 August 2009 15:57 > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: RE: Need to use ftps (NOT sftp) on RHAS4 > > On Fri, 21 Aug 2009, MacIntyre, Ross A wrote: > > > I've had a quick look at curl but haven't been able to see any > examples of > > what I am trying to do. > > Hmmm. Google seems to have a fair few easily accessible if you search > on > "curl ftps example". > > > > If you don't mind, would you might showing me a script that will > simply > > mirror a folder/directory from an ftp server. > > Ah, now, you didn't mention that I don't think. I assumed it was > perhaps a > single file. > > >From the curl FAQ: > > "1.3 What is cURL not? > Curl is *not* a wget clone even though that is a very common > misconception. > Never, during curl's development, have we intended curl to replace > wget or > compete on its market. Curl is targeted at single-shot file > transfers. > - > Curl is not a web site mirroring program. If you wanna use curl to > mirror > something: fine, go ahead and write a script that wraps around curl > to make > it reality (like curlmirror.pl does). > - > Curl is not an FTP site mirroring program. Sure, get and send FTP > with curl > but if you want systematic and sequential behavior you should write a > script (or write a new program that interfaces libcurl) and do it." > > In other words. You may be using the wrong tool for the job (apologies > if > so). For simple gets: > > curl ftps://server.com/<dir>/<file> -o <file> --user <user:pass> # or > curl --ftp-ssl ftp://server.com/<dir>/<file> -o <file> --user > <user:pass> > > Unfortunately it looks like what you really need is wget. Only that > doesn't > support FTPS. Maybe a peruse of http://curl.haxx.se/docs/programs.html > will > give you some ideas. Liberal use of the "-o" and --create-dirs" option > (see > man curl) may also help. > > > > Also if you could show me how to specify it to use ftps rather than > ftp I > > would appreciate it. Thanks in advance, > > As the man page says use "ftps://" or "--ftp-ssl ftp://";. > > Note from the curl man page: > > "curl performs SSL certificate verification by default, using a > "bundle" of > Certificate Authority (CA) public keys (CA certs). The default bundle > is > named curl-ca-bundle.crt; you can specify an alternate file using the > --cacert option. If this HTTPS server uses a certificate signed by a CA > represented in the bundle, the certificate verification probably failed > due > to a problem with the certificate (it might be expired, or the name > might > not match the domain name in the URL). If you'd like to turn off curl's > verification of the certificate, use the -k (or --insecure) option." > > This kind of problem happens when your server's certificate is self > signed > too. > > Good luck. > > Ben > -- > Unix Support, MISD, University of Cambridge, England > Plugger of wire, typer of keyboard, imparter of Clue > Life Is Short. It's All Good. > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- Heriot-Watt University is a Scottish charity registered under charity number SC000278. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
