Yet another thought on the subject...
An alternate approach to scripting the existing hpux ftp client might
be the use of the ncftp client programs, which seem to be specifically
designed for non-interactive (i.e. command line or script) use...
See http://www.ncftp.com/ncftp/ for details on the ncftp client
and http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Networking/FTP/ncftp-3.2.5/
for HP-UX specific binary downloads.
Note that I have no personal experience with ncftp, just read about it.
Regards, Lars.
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