Hi there, > > I want to write a script in which some files are automatically ftped to > > another machine (a username and password needs to be entered). Is there > > a nice utility which will enable me to do this? > > check out the ncftpput utility No need for any utility apart from plain ftp: #!/bin/bash # ftp <<EOF open target.host.net user youruser pass yourpassword bin cd /where/to/put/the/file put your_local_file bye EOF HTH... Tino.