Re: Schedule FTP Task on 2k/XP

From: Ben (Fake_at_EmailAddress.Com)
Date: 05/06/04


Date: Thu, 06 May 2004 00:58:24 GMT


"Phil Robyn [MVP]" <zipprobyn@berkeley.edu> wrote in message
news:%23VkcKfuMEHA.684@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Ben wrote:
>
> > I want to create a batch file that can be scheduled to run every night
at
> > midnight to 1.) Zip up a file, then 2.) FTP the resulting Zip to a
server
> > over the internet.
> >
> > Is this simple? If so what tools would I need? WinZip doesn't have a
> > command line interface that I know of, does good-old PkZip work on
2k/XP?
> >
> > Thanks for your help.
> >
> > - Ben
> >
> > Example:
> >
> > File to be zipped = c:\data\datafile.mdb
> > Resulting zip file = c:\data\datafile.zip
> > ftp to ftp://whatever.server.com/data
> >
> >
>
> WinZip *does* have a command line interface if you are a registered user.
> You can download it from the WinZip web site.
>
> Yes, it is a simple task. You don't need any tools other than WinZip or
> PKZip, FTP.EXE (comes with Windows), and the Task Scheduler (comes with
> Windows).

Yep, looks very simple thanks for the tip.

>
> --
> Phil Robyn
> Univ. of California, Berkeley
>
> u n z i p m y a d d r e s s t o s e n d e - m a i l



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