I need some help with a batch file for using FTP. (I can't use CFFTP,
because it fails at the change to directory - the directory we want includes
a space in the name and no matter how I try it won't include the space as
part of the name)
The commands I'm having trouble with is the get or mget. I don't know the
exact file name I need to retrieve because it contains the date. The
filename will always be in the form: p_mth_choice_mag_ddmmmyyyy_nnnnnn.zip
where dd is the date, mmm is the month, yyyy is the year, and nnnnnn is a
serial number of some sort. So I was hoping to have the ftp file use get or
mget to retrieve p_mth=choice*.zip.
When I do this using manual commands, get doesn't work because it doesn't
support wildcards, but mget does. However mget wants a "y" confirmation for
each file. How to I put in the batch file to answer Y?
Here's the batch file I've written so far:
ftp -d -s:C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\project\ftpconfig.txt ftp.comain.com.au
And the ftpconfig.txt file contains the following:
username
password
cd "Custom extracts\ ourfolder "
lcd "\inetpub\wwwroot\project\files"
mget p_mth_choice*.zip y
quit
But this fails because it hasn't got any "Y" response to the prompt. I know
there's a way to have the batch file submit the "Y" to the script but I'm at
a block. Can't remember how to do it, and my old DOS manuals went in the
recycle bin years ago.
Can anyone help?
Cheers
Mike Kear
Windsor, NSW, Australia
AFP Webworks
http://afpwebworks.com
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