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   Sean Dennis to All   
   curl trick   
   18 Jun 15 19:36:17   
   
   Hello All,   
      
   If you noticed in the main script, I used cURL to upload the infopack to my    
   website:   
      
   === Cut ===   
   echo "user=username:password" | curl -K - -T ./mininfo.zip ftp://   
   === Cut ===   
      
   (That's all on one line, BTW.)   
      
   What I'm doing there is telling cURL to ignore its normal configuration file    
   and instead read the configuration from stdin.  What this accomplishes is    
   allowing the command to run while not exposing the username or password to    
   anyone who is currently logged into the system that might run a "ps" (show    
   processes) command, therefore ensuring better security of my webhost's FTP    
   site that I upload to.   
      
   --Sean   
      
   ... Predestination was doomed from the start.   
   --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20130910   
    * Origin: Outpost BBS * Johnson City, TN, USA (1:18/200)   

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