I wanna ask you for a question. I have trouble to get all files from FTP Server. usually, I get all file using command line/terminal with syntax, eq : get a.txt (very very wasting my time with login authentication first)
So, my expectation is I wanna get all file from FTP server, with a script(batch), So I'm not wasting my time using terminal/command line. I just run it. Of course, login authentication included in the script. Would you help me please ?
Thanks
Regards
Frans
Here's a DOS/Windows .bat file:
FTP -v -i -s:ftpscript.txt
Here's the contents of "ftpscript.txt:
open myftpserver.com
myusername
mypassword
lcd c:\MyDirectory
binary
get MyFile.bin
disconnect
bye
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i'd like to create a batch script which logs on a ftp-server and copies some files to a remote folder. but my script does not work. mget runs into a timeout (has to be terminated manually).
i'm starting ftp connection with ftp.bat:
ftp.exe -s:getdata.bat
getdata.bat:
OPEN host-ip
user
password
lcd "C:\tmp"
cd config
mget C1000.xml
close
starting, logging in and changing the directory works but getting the file doesn't work. nothing happens until i end the script manually. any hints?
regards,
michael
mget prompts for user confirmation for each file it finds, even when you only specify one specific file.
To get around this, you can either use get if you know the file name, or you can use prompt to disable the interactive prompt before you use mget.
OPEN host-ip
user
password
lcd "C:\tmp"
cd config
prompt
mget C1000.xml
close
I can't figure out why the ftp site isn't getting 2 files, both of which match the wildcard MGET command. It almost appears there is a interactive prompt issue, (and yes, I've searched S.O. for other threads, which is why I'm now using the -i switch), but somehow when I do it manually - the EXACT SAME COMMAND, I can see that the server is prompting me.
When I use my batch file to automate it and refer to a command file, it acts offended that I can't interact with it, and it does not download the file. A screenshot of how it looks when I use the batch file is attached.
Any ideas?
I need to connect to an FTP secured with implicit TLS, username and password from the command line so that I can create a batch later on. I am using WinSCP since it's the most popular (I think) or the one that I can use to achieve this according to extensive googling. I'm not an expert but reading the documentation I have this so far with unsuccessful connection from command prompt:
winscp> open username:password#host:port -implicit -certificate="aa:aa:aa:aa..."
Once connected I need to extract everything there to a folder \hostname\folder or c:\folder then delete the files on the ftp (more or less like cut)
Thanks to Martin Prikryl correction I was able to connect, here is what I did:
Created a text file with the winscp.com commands "connection.txt":
# Automatically abort script on errors
option batch abort
# Disable overwrite confirmations that conflict with the previous
option confirm off
# Connect with username and password
open ftp://username:password#host:port -implicit -certificate="aa:aa:aa:aa...."
# Change local directory
lcd C:\local_working_folder
# Force binary mode transfer
option transfer binary
# Download missing files to local directory from remote
synchronize local
# Delete all remote files
rm *
# Disconnect
close
# Exit WinSCP
exit
Now from command prompt or in a batch file you just call winscp.exe from where it is installed. If from installation media it should be C:\Program Files\WinSCP\WinSCP.exe of if extracted from a .zip portable version point to the folder where you extracted the file:
C:\WinSCP\WinSCP.exe /console /script="connection.txt" /log="conn.log"
Then just schedule the batch to automate the process.
Your syntax is almost correct. You are missing only the protocol prefix ftp:// (note that WinSCP defaults to the SFTP protocol).
open ftp://username:password#host:port -implicit -certificate="aa:aa:aa:aa..."
For details see:
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/session_url
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/scriptcommand_open
If that does not help, you need to share with us a script log file or at least an error message.
I'm using windows command line MS FTP for ftp access. However I furthermore must change folder permission via command line as well. I tried CACLS command, alas that doesn't work in open ftp commmand window. Any hint's appreciated
You should be able to change permissions if you use a good GUI client.
Give the following a try and let us know if it works for you!
Filezilla
FTP Commander
FTP is an Internet standard designed by people who work together to a common goal. CACLS is a pile of Microsoft-invented stuff that FTP knows nothing about so that is not going to work unless someone implements a QUOTE command to pass it through. The nearest you can get to changing permissions is with the CHMOD command.
I'm running an xcopy command in a batch script which copies a file to a shared drive on another workstation; however the workstation requires a login before connecting to the share. Is there a way to script the login/connect into the batch file?
thanks in advance
You can use the "net use x:\servername\sharename /u:username password" command to login to the share within the batch file. However putting the password into a plaintext batch file is generally a bad idea.
You can use net use to map a temporary drive and login using the credentials. This is what we had to do. Perhaps there is a better way. Then at the end of the script we unmap the drive.
Here is a link to the net use command: http://www.cezeo.com/tips-and-tricks/net-use-command/