Automating FTP session from a log file

Hi,

I have a log file that was created by capturing a live ftp session. The log
file contains the FTP commands that was send to the server such as USER,
PASS, LIST and QUIT (instead of ls and bye).
Now I want to create a program/script that would take in this log file and
automatically replay the ftp session. Does anybody has an idea of how to do
this?

Thanks in advance.

-Johny

"Stefanus J Franslay" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<cgf003$r1d$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> Hi,
>
> I have a log file that was created by capturing a live ftp session. The log
> file contains the FTP commands that was send to the server such as USER,
> PASS, LIST and QUIT (instead of ls and bye).
> Now I want to create a program/script that would take in this log file and
> automatically replay the ftp session. Does anybody has an idea of how to do
> this?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> -Johny

What do you "expect" with an interactive protocol?

$ info expect

On 2004-08-24, P Gentry <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
: "Stefanus J Franslay" <(E-Mail Removed)>
: wrote in message news:<cgf003$r1d$(E-Mail Removed)>...
:> I have a log file that was created by capturing a live ftp session. The log
:> file contains the FTP commands that was send to the server such as USER,
:> PASS, LIST and QUIT (instead of ls and bye).
:> Now I want to create a program/script that would take in this log file and
:> automatically replay the ftp session. Does anybody has an idea of how to do
:> this?
:>
:> Thanks in advance.
:>
:> -Johny
:
: What do you "expect" with an interactive protocol?
:
: $ info expect
:
Automating an FTP session by sending FTP protocol commands with 'expect'
would be a novel approach. A more sensible one is here:

http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ftpscripts.html

- Frank

Frank da Cruz <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>.. .
> On 2004-08-24, P Gentry <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> : "Stefanus J Franslay" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> : wrote in message news:<cgf003$r1d$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> :> I have a log file that was created by capturing a live ftp session. The log
> :> file contains the FTP commands that was send to the server such as USER,
> :> PASS, LIST and QUIT (instead of ls and bye).
> :> Now I want to create a program/script that would take in this log file and
> :> automatically replay the ftp session. Does anybody has an idea of how to do
> :> this?
> :>
> :> Thanks in advance.
> :>
> :> -Johny
> :
> : What do you "expect" with an interactive protocol?
> :
> : $ info expect
> :
> Automating an FTP session by sending FTP protocol commands with 'expect'
> would be a novel approach. A more sensible one is here:
>
> http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ftpscripts.html
>
> - Frank

Looks good -- thanks.

But if working from a log file ... ? I'll have to look into it.

Anyway, your link looks generally better (much better) -- not that I
script ftp sessions except as lab exercises for the students to
introduce them to expect ;-)

regards,
prg
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On 2004-08-25, P Gentry <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
: Frank da Cruz <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
: news:<(E-Mail Removed)>.. .
: ...
:> Automating an FTP session by sending FTP protocol commands with 'expect'
:> would be a novel approach. A more sensible one is here:
:>
:> http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ftpscripts.html
:
: Looks good -- thanks.
:
: But if working from a log file ... ? I'll have to look into it.
:
: Anyway, your link looks generally better (much better) -- not that I
: script ftp sessions except as lab exercises for the students to
: introduce them to expect ;-)
:
Then you might have more fun with Kermit too. You can easily write a
Kermit script that reads the logfile (FOPEN, FREAD, FCLOSE), extracts the
FTP protocol commands, and translates them to the equivalent FTP client
commands using (say) an associative array:

http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ckermit70.html#x7.10.10

See the Kermit script tutorial and library:

http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ckscripts.html

- Frank