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Release Found: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Solution:

In this example, assume that ftp server's IP address is 10.66.0.92, and the username testuser with password testpasswd has been created on ftp server. . The file in this example that needs to be uploaded is uploadfile.tar.gz, located in current directory.

1. Create a new file in current directory named ftpscriptfile. Include the following lines into the file.

   open 10.66.0.92
   user testuser testpasswd
   binary
   put uploadfile.tar.gz

2. Issue command: ftp -inv < ftpscriptfile

   $ftp -inv < ftpscriptfile 
   Connected to 10.66.0.92.
   220 (vsFTPd 2.0.5)
   530 Please login with USER and PASS.
   530 Please login with USER and PASS.
   KERBEROS_V4 rejected as an authentication type
   331 Please specify the password.
   230 Login successful.
   200 Switching to Binary mode.
   local: uploadfile.tar.gz remote: uploadfile.tar.gz
   227 Entering Passive Mode (10,66,0,92,213,132)
   150 Ok to send data.
   226 File receive OK.
   191 bytes sent in 6.1e-05 seconds (3.1e+03 Kbytes/s)
   221 Goodbye.

The file uploadfile.tar.gz has been uploaded.