upload a file using FTP

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How can I upload a file with my eggdrop using FTP?
I want to upload a file in a website at 9 o'clock
How can I do that?

[nml375]

You could try using the ftp-package available in tcllib:
http://tcllib.sourceforge.net/doc/ftp-docs/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/tcllib/

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I'm using this code

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set ftp(host) "host"  
set ftp(user) "user"  
set ftp(pass) "pass" 
set ftp(dir)  "logs"
set ftp(updir) "eggdrop"

bind time - "* 00 * * *" timed:upload
proc timed:upload {m h d m y} {
global ftp

	if {[catch {exec /bin/ping $ftp(host) > /dev/null 2> /dev/null}]} {
		putlog "FTP: Remote server seams to be dead" ; return
	}
	set ftpz [open "/bin/ftp -n $ftp(host)" w]
	puts $ftpz "user $ftp(user) $ftp(pass)"
	puts $ftpz "bin"
	foreach file [lsort [glob -directory $ftp(dir) *]] {
	
		if { [file readable $file] && [file isfile $file]} {
			puts $ftpz "put $file ${$ftp(updir)}/${file}"
		}
	}
	puts $ftpz "quit"
	close $ftpz
	putlog "FTP: all files in $ftp(dir) uploaded successfuly to $ftp(host)"
}

but it doesn't work
it returns "Remote server seams to be dead"

if someone could help it would be appreciated.

[raider2k]

you might want to take a look at lftp
works fine for me in cases of uploading and downloading

[nml375]

Zeta:
Debugging scripts like that is less than trivial, mainly because it depends on external binaries on the hosting system; /bin/ping and /bin/ftp.
The current use of ping is especially questionable, as most implementations would block your eggdrop for considerably amounts of time. This is also what currently fails in your script. The actual error message(s) and/or return values are discarded however, leaving no clues as to whether the binary (/bin/ping) is actually there and executable, or whether (and why) the ping binary returns an error condition.

The interaction with the ftp binary is poor at best, not checking the response of any issued commands. This would probably be the main reason for the initial ping in the first place.

Also, this script has a poor time-mask, causing it to trigger once every minute 12:00am through 12:59am.