ftp

[Bruno Wolff III]

On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 09:19:30 -0500,
  Steven Stern <subscribed-lists at sterndata.com> wrote:
> roland wrote:
> >Hello,
> >I would like to transfer files from a fedora-box to a system, 
> >supporting ftp. But I want to do this unattended as a cronjob. As far 
> >as I know ftp is a dialog instruction.
> >
> >Is there a way around?
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> Use lftp instead
> 
> lftp -f script_file
> 
> man lftp

I'll second lftp. I use it to do automated mirroring of "updates".
In my experience it is very robust in dealing with problems and has some
nice features for doing mass transfers.