New to FTP (FTP Batch in one File)

[Meerkat]

Hi again!

I am new (and currently experimenting) on FTP "scripts". I also want to make the script inside a batch file, so I came up with this:

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@echo off
set "site=ftp.microsoft.com"  ...Just a sample FTP site

(
echo.open %site%
echo.dir
)| ftp -A

pause

...I succeeded on downloading an image file (other website) using that. The only problem is that it only works on "Anonymous login". Without the -A switch...

Output:

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User (ftp.microsoft.akadns.net:(none)): Password:

Is there a way to also automate the login? Any help will be appreciated. Cheers!

Meerkat

[foxidrive]

Does this post give you enough info?

viewtopic.php?p=42216#p42216

[Meerkat]

Hmmm... I figured it out.

To automate login... add -n to ftp to suppress auto-login, then
add user FTP command to login!

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@echo off
set "site=ftp.microsoft.com"  ...Just a sample FTP site

(
echo.open %site%
echo.user anonymous password
echo.dir
echo.bye
)| ftp -n

pause

I just posted this for reference. Thanks!

Meerkat

[foxidrive]

Interesting. I have never thought of piping commands to FTP. I always just make a script on the fly.

Good point, I'm glad you commented. I was too tired to see the significance myself.
I'm tired now too - I thought I double posted and deleted your post by mistake. Oops.

Nice find Meerkat!

[Meerkat]

The same setup also works in DISKPART command:

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@echo off

(
   echo.list disk
   echo.list disk
)|diskpart

echo.
echo.
echo Does it worked?

pause

Output

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Microsoft DiskPart version 6.1.7601
Copyright (C) 1999-2008 Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: ---------- (CENSORED)

DISKPART>
  Disk ###  Status         Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt
  --------  -------------  -------  -------  ---  ---
  Disk 0    Online          298 GB      0 B
  Disk 1    Online           14 GB      0 B

DISKPART>
  Disk ###  Status         Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt
  --------  -------------  -------  -------  ---  ---
  Disk 0    Online          298 GB      0 B
  Disk 1    Online           14 GB      0 B

DISKPART>

Does it worked?
Press any key to continue . . .

Meerkat

[Squashman]

Interesting. I have never thought of piping commands to FTP. I always just make a script on the fly.

Good point, I'm glad you commented. I was too tired to see the significance myself.
I'm tired now too - I thought I double posted and deleted your post by mistake. Oops.

Nice find Meerkat!

I finally got around to testing this out as I do a ton of automated ftp programs and I usually just create a ftp script file on the fly and then execute FTP with the S: option.

While piping the commands to FTP.exe works it does not allow you to capture a log file of the session. Now 99.9% of the time I normally do not have a problem with our automation. But if for some reason it failed the first thing I look at is the verbose output in the ftp log file. I guess I will have to decide how it important it is to have that. I lean more towards having the log file.

[npocmaka_]

A little offtopic
Here's trick that allows you to get the long name of the last in the path directory with piping to ftp:

>echo lcd C:\ASDQWE~1\ZXCASD~1|ftp
Local directory now C:\ASDQWE~1\zxcasdzxczxc.

[Squashman]

A little offtopic
Here's trick that allows you to get the long name of the last in the path directory with piping to ftp:

>echo \ASDQWE~1\ZXCASD~1|ftp
Local directory now C:\ASDQWE~1\zxcasdzxczxc.