Can a Cron job be set up to FTP?

[KimberH]

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

 

[andrew.n]

Yes it is possible.

 

[cPanelLauren]

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:

#!/bin/bash

filename="/home/<username>/thefile"
hostname="ftp.myhost.com"
username="username"
password="password"
ftp -un $hostname <<EOF
quote USER $username
quote PASS $password

binary
put $filename
quit
EOF

Then add the cron job