how to automatically copy a file through ftp

I had the recent need to move a file on a daily base from a pc to an area of a website.
Here is how:

 
1. On your linux machine where the files are generated create a .netrc_template file containing the commands for the ftp:

machine ftp.xxx login xxx password xxx macdef

init

lcd /localdir

cd /webdir

prompt off

bin

mput ILFILE

quit

<here you need an empty line>

2. Make a small script to generate the file name, the .netrc and to run the task on a daily base 

#!/bin/sh                                                                       

NOME=`/bin/date +"ilFile%Y%m%d.pdf"`

cat /home/alex/.netrc_tmpl |sed -e "s%ILFILE%$NOME%">/home/alex/.netrc

chown alex /home/alex/.netrc

chmod 600  /home/alex/.netrc

ftp ftp.xxx

3. add the script to a crontab

#crontab -l

0 8 * * * /home/alex/my.cron >/dev/null 2>&1

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