[TriLUG] FTP as a stream endpoint

[Kevin Otte]

On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 02:58:44PM -0400, Brian Henning wrote:
> Hi Y'all,
>   The subject may be a bad choice of words, but here's what I want to 
> accomplish, in pseudo-shell code:
> 
> tar -cj /some_path/to_backup > ftp user:pass at server put some_file

tar -cj /some_path/to_backup | ncftpput -u user -p pass hostname some_file

ncftp is provided in most distros.

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