Does anyone have a script to automatically FTP files (get) from a specific
ftp site by chance? If so, could you point me to an example please?

It's dead easy to do. Create a text file with the login info and commands
that you want to run in your FTP session. Then, when you want to run the
script, type the following at the command-line:

ftp -s:scriptname.txt

For more info about ftp command-line options, type "ftp -h" at the
command-line.

You're obviously going to have to test your script to make sure that it's
working properly. You're also going to need to remember that if you include
your login info in your script, it will be visible in plain text to anyone
who has access to the file.

Hope this helps.



"Jason" wrote:

I missed a key requirement in my initial post:

The script must be able to download files that have the current date. That
is, if the file modified date = current date then download it, if not, then
ignore it. I've already looked into dos ftp and can't see any way to
accomplish this, I'm guessing vbscript or jscript is my only chance, but am
not sure how to begin. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Jason



"Jason" <jason (AT) grossmans (DOT) net> wrote

If you can't accomplish this with dos ftp then vbscript or jscript alone
can't help you since neither one supports socket level communication.
However, you could potentially use a windows shell script using the output
of the FTP command to get the job done. The key is to send the ls -ltr
command using the command line ftp program as this will display the
directory listing with the date on there.
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Steve Seguis - MCSE, MVP Windows Server, SCJP
SCRIPTMATION
Automating the Enterprise
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"Jason" <jason (AT) grossmans (DOT) net> wrote