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.TH man 1 "2012-12-22" "v1.0" "getftp.sh man page"

.SH NAME
getftp.sh \- Gets remote files via ftp.

.SH SYNOPSIS
getftp.sh is a shell script for getting remote files using ftp connection to remote server.

.SH DESCRIPTION
getftp.sh reads the getftp.conf configration file and retrieves the remote files in this config file.

.SH OPTIONS
You can configure the behaviour via text files. The config files is:
"getftp.conf" --> General configuration file.

.SH EXAMPLE
An example of execution (after configuration files are done) is quite simple: "sh getftp.sh".
This script can be added to the cron in order to execute it periodically.

.SH SEE ALSO
ftp(1) cron(8)

.SH BUGS
No known bugs.

.SH AUTHOR
Jonatan Morales <jonatan.mv@gmail.com>

.SH INSTALL
The recomended platform for running getftp script is Linux.

.SS Linux or Mac
To install the bakup.sh utility in Linux os Mac:
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1. Create the folder /opt/getftp/
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2. Copy the getftp.sh file to /opt/getftp/
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3. Copy the getftp.conf file to /opt/getftp/
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4. Edit and personalize the config file
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5. Copy the man file getftp.man to the manpages directory of your system.

.SS Windows
For windows users you can install the cygwin software and then follow the previous steps.