[ILUG] executing and calling macros from within a shell script

[hrishy samant]

I'm running HP-UX. 

Normally, when you ftp to a host, you are allowed to
define a macro, using the macdef command, and execute
it with arguments, preceding the macro name with a $. 

But when i attempt to do the same thing from within a
shell script, i run into problems. 


ftp daytona < prompt 

macdef test 
lcd $1 
!pwd 
cd $2 
pwd 

$ test /home/ksubrama/ftpsrc /home/kode/ftpdest 

bye 
endl 

############### End of script
######################################## 

When i run this script, ( without the 'prompt', so
that i can see the responses ), i find that $1 and $2
are not 
substituted, but are taken as blank spaces. 

If you could help me find out why, i'd be very
grateful!!! 

regrads 
hrishy 



--- "John P. Looney" <john at antefacto.com> wrote: > On
Tue, May 22, 2001 at 07:52:05AM +0100, hrishy
> samant mentioned:
> > could anybody please provide with an example on
> how to
> > call an execute a macro from a shell script.
> 
>  What sort of Macro ? It's not a term usually used
> in Unix - do you mean
> an alias, or a shell function ?
> 
> Kate
> 
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