Scheduled Download Script

Scripting Forums AppleScript | Mac OS X
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#1

Hi,
I use cron on my server to tar 3 files nightly that are placed in my backups directory.
I looking for a script to connect to the backup directory and download the 3 files to my mac desktop/backups folder each night. The remote files reside in a directory below my public_html so they can’t be reached via http. The script can be for fetch, terminal, or whatever. Any help would be appreciated.

ie.
mysite.com
– cgi-bin
– backups/files are in here
– public_html
– – index.html
– – etc…

Thank you.

#2

Try this:



(* 

You are going to need a valid ip to do this.


*)
		
		
		set MyDestinationFolder to "~/Desktop/"
		
		set OriginFolder to "222.333.111.222:/Users/UserName/folder/" -- the first set of numbers should be a valid ip
		
		
		tell application "Terminal"
			
			set MyComannd to do script with command "scp -r " & OriginFolder & space & MyDestinationFolder
			
		end tell

In my script you would have to type the pasword manually.

I hope someone more experienced would post how to do it without having to type the password

#3

Yes, ideally the script would run at say 3am each morning. I doubt I’ll be up or in any condition to type responses into prompt boxes.

#4

try this shell script


#!/bin/bash

remoteFiles="file1 file2 file3"

for theFile in $remoteFiles; do
	
	/usr/bin/curl -o /Users/userName/$theFile ftp://username:password@mysite.com/backups/$theFile

done

HTH -john

#5

This works good, but I need two things:

  1. This downloads the entire backup directory. I need to be able to specify certain files.

  2. I need it to quit the Terminal app at the end. Right now it stays logged in.

Thanks alot.

#6

You stillhave to type the password for every file, But this should work, and quit the terminal at the end…

Hope I am helping you…