is wget working in ftp ?

aneuryzma · September 4, 2009, 2:36pm

I get

ftp> wget
?Invalid command.

ftp> 0 * * * * wget -O - -q -t 1 http://www.example.com/cron.php
?Invalid command.

thanks

aneuryzma · September 4, 2009, 3:04pm

mhm, is pico working ?

ftp>pico myFIle.txt
?Invalid command.

DukeNuke2 · September 4, 2009, 3:32pm

you can run an external command in a ftp session by entering a "!" in front of the command.

aneuryzma · September 9, 2009, 4:42am

hi.. for example ?

I tried

ftp>!pico filename.txt

but it opens a blank file instead of the file on the server...

DukeNuke2 · September 9, 2009, 4:43am

the ! commands are executed on your LOCAL computer...

aneuryzma · September 14, 2009, 2:40am

so what's the utility if I cannot open remote files ?

pludi · September 14, 2009, 2:52am

FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol, not "run arbitrary commands remotely". If you want to run commands on the remote host (including editing files), connect using SSH.