As far as I can tell we have an O/S2 box right now that is using mptn to automate a backup system that a programmer before me had fixed up. It appears that he has a *.cmd file ran on the task scheduler that calls the ftp statement, ex. call ftp jack < c:\mptn\ECT\jack. And that jack file has the command $getjack*. There is also a netrc file that appears to be point to the machine names defined by a HOSTS file that is running the macro jack and performing the ftp commands, but I can't figure out for the life of me exactly how it all ties in together. I have been tasked to move this automated backup system to a new machine running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9. I have compiled and installed the newest version of mptn and tried setting everything up the same, but I am not having any success in automating these ftp commands on a timed schedule. I know I can put this in the crontab to schedule it, but I'm not real sure how to get it setup correctly. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I can do from this step on, or is there another approach in automating the ftp commands that may be easier for me to setup? Thanks in advance to anyone that may help me in my situation.
Thanks,
Mathew G. McElwee
Micro Systems Support Specialist
NWGA Health District
mgmcelwee@dhr.state.ga.us
