(moved from SO)My goal is to upload a file to an FTP server in an embedded device.  The file is a configuration file.  Once the file is accepted, the server reboots.  What makes this a challenge is that the embedded device leaves the socket open or otherwise does not properly terminate the FTP connection.  The server does response with response code 150 which means accepted.  Then it reboots, but leaves the socket open.  I'm looking for a solution.  One solution is to hand-code an FTP client in C, another is to use the built-in FTP client in UNIX via Bash script.  In the comments below, someone suggested curl or wget/wput.First AttemptIn my first attempt, I considered writing an FTP client in C.  Is there a lib that I can use?  Looking around, I see a lot of junky libs, but maybe I'm missing a good one. Second AttemptIn another attempt, I tried to use a Bash script to operate the FTP client.The following program uploads the file, but then it hangs#!/bin/bashHOST=192.168.1.10USER='blah'PASSWD='blah'FILE='file1.conf'ftp -n -i -v $HOST << EOTasciiuser $USER $PASSWDput $FILE myconfig.confbyeEOTThis is what it says:Connected to 192.168.1.10 (192.168.1.10).220 FTP server ready.530 access denied.331 Password required.230 User logged in.local: somefile.txt remote: newname.txt227 Entering Passive Mode (192,168,1,10,208,169)150 ready to take file.150 Accepting XML configuration file for upload.818 bytes sent in 4.1e-05 secs (19951.22 Kbytes/sec)<it hangs here>If I push Ctrl-Z it quits.  If I sent Ctrl-C or Ctrl-X, it does not quite.  And when I do Ctrl-Z, it leaves the child process hanging around and I have to execute jobs -p | xargs kill -9 to clean up.Third AttemptNext, I tried the curl idea:$ curl -T file1.xml ftp://username:password@192.168.1.10/myfile.conf -vHere is the response:*   Trying 192.168.1.10...  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0* Connected to 192.168.1.10 (192.168.1.10) port 21 (#0)< 220 FTP server ready.> USER admin< 331 Password required.> PASS PASS< 230 User logged in.> PWD< 257 / is current directory* Entry path is '/'> EPSV* Connect data stream passively* ftp_perform ends with SECONDARY: 0< 500 command not supported.* Failed EPSV attempt. Disabling EPSV> PASV< 227 Entering Passive Mode (192,168,1,10,96,232)*   Trying 192.168.1.10...* Connecting to 192.168.1.10 (192.168.1.10) port 24808* Connected to 192.168.1.10 (192.168.1.10) port 21 (#0)> TYPE I< 200 command okay> STOR myfile.conf< 150 ready to take file.} [583 bytes data]* We are completely uploaded and fine* Remembering we are in dir < 150 Accepting XML configuration file for upload.* server did not report OK, got 150100   583    0     0  100   583      0   4827 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  4858* Connection #0 to host 192.168.1.10 left intactcurl: (18) server did not report OK, got 150This was a little better.  When I kill curl, it doesn't leave stuff hanging around like the ftp client does.Fourth AttemptIn this attempt, I tried wput.  Much to my surprise, I received a Segmention Fault.wput file1.conf ftp://username:password@192.168.1.10/myconfig.conf--09:37:50-- `file1.conf'    => ftp://admin:xxxxx@192.168.1.10:21/myconfig.confConnecting to 192.168.1.10:21... connected! Logging in as admin ... Logged in!==> LIST ... done.Segmentation fault (core dumped)
How to send a file to an FTP server that doesn't properly terminate the connection on success?
linux;wget;ftp;curl