I know ftp client(classical ftp client of Unix, for example kftp or netkit-ftp binary) use the file $HOME/.netrc. The syntax is really simple
machine ftpservername login myname password ******* But if I want for example to turn on or off the prompt(prompt off command) there is no $HOME/.ftprc? Is possible to put configuration on $HOME/.netrc?
Solution found. First the only rc file of ftp client is $HOME/.netrc there is not ftprc at least under netkit-ftp. For commands is really simple, we can define and use macros.
cat $HOME/.netrc machine ftp.myserver.priv login anonymous password anonymous macdef macrodef1 prompt off The last line must be empty or return error. To run the macro on ftp client we can use $
$macrodef1 To run the macro
echo "\$ macrodef1" | ftp -v ftp.myserver.priv If we want a macro which run automatically we can define a configuration for specific machine, the macro is called "init" and is recognized for autorun by ftp client.
machine yourmachine.com login youruser password yourpass macdef init passive on prompt off