Simple. Use the < switch to read the command file. The "free" Windows FTP will read everything from the command file except the password, for which it will prompt.
Example: Testftp.txt contains: <userid> Stat Quit Sample run: C:\DOCUME~2\Charles>ftp 12.34.56.78 <testftp.txt User (12.34.56.78:(none)): Password:<type password here> Connected to 12.34.56.78. Type: ascii; Verbose: Off ; Bell: Off ; Prompting: On ; Globbing: On Debugging: Off ; Hash mark printing: Off . C:\DOCUME~2\Charles> Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Chillman Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 3:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: FTP Script/Password Hi I came across this in the archives and wondered if anyone had an answer. I am trying to do exactly the same - and having exactly the same lack of success as the original poster! Thanks Andy Chillman Lead Systems Programmer euroConex Technologies Ltd On Wed, 17 Oct 2001 15:11:44 -0500, Jim Sumrall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I would like to run FTP from W/NT to OS/390 2.10. I can see how to use a >script file with an embedded password. I would like to use a script file >that stops and prompts for the password, then continues. Right now, if I >don't code a password, it reads the next line of the script as the ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
