I've actually used a single command line prompt in a script for ftp

ftp -v -n wis2 < nms.params

where nms.params =
user <username> <userpassword>
ascii
put <filename>

This way I don't have to wait for prompts from ftp.

I think tftp has the same sort of functionality.

Rosemary

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lucy Premus [SMTP:lpremus AT METLIFE DOT COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, 17 February 1999 6:22
> To:   NV-L AT UCSBVM.ucsb DOT edu
> Subject:      responding to prompt in ksh script
>
> I want to do a tftp, from a ksh script, to another system to retrieve
> files that
> my script is going use.  Is this possible?  How do I know when I get the
> tftp>
> prompt so that I could issue my get command and then of course quit from
> the
> tftp connection?
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