Re: [tlug] Excluding a directory with ncftpput

[Sigurd Urdahl <sigurdur@??>]

Dave M G wrote:
> TLUG,
>
> I'm using the following command to upload all the files within a 
> directory called "web", within a shell script:
>
> ncftpput -R -u"username" -p"password" ftp.server.net / web
[...]
> However, I can't find any option with ncftpput to exclude a directory, 
> which is bad. I have one directory in the whole tree that I need to 
> exclude.
[..]
> Is there a way to do that?
Without having used ncftp much:

for i in `ls PATH_TO_WEB/web|grep -v exclude-dir`; do
   echo "-- Putting $i --"
   ncftpput -R -u"username" -p"password" ftp.server.net / 
PATH_TO_WEB/web/$i
done

should do the trick, but it's untested:-)

kind regards,
-sig

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