Can a Cron job be set up to FTP?

KimberH

• June 12, 2020 09:23

Hi, I've been learning how to set up cron jobs. Before I do more research, can a cron job be set up to do a FTP job? FTP the files in a folder to an external folder? Thank you

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  andrew.n

  • June 12, 2020 20:11

  Yes it is possible.

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  cPanelLauren

  • June 16, 2020 05:20

  Yep, entirely possible, you'd make a bash script with the information you wanted for the FTP login, then create the cron. Something like the following: [QUOTE=https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/aix-43/setting-up-a-cron-for-transferring-a-file-through-ftp-at-5-pm-daily-934622/] #!/bin/bash filename="/home//thefile" hostname="ftp.myhost.com" username="username" password="password" ftp -un $hostname <

Then add the cron job

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