Re: ftp usage in batch command?

From: Mark V (notvalid_at_nul.invalid)
Date: 09/23/04

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    Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 12:30:08 -0700

    In microsoft.public.win2000.cmdprompt.admin Paul R. Sadowski wrote:

    > "Mira" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    > news:491901c4a17e$e1e92240$a501280a@phx.gbl...
    >> Hello,
    >>
    >> How to do file transfer from SERVER-A to SERVER-B using a
    >> ftp command? This I need to put into a scheduled batch
    >> process. Also, what are the advantages of ftp transfer
    >> over conventional copy such as "copy D:\*.txt M:\dir1
    >> \dir2\*.txt" (Where M is network mapped drive).
    >
    > If you are talking about the proxy command then Microsoft ftp
    > servers don't support that.
    >
    > If you are talking about running a btach ftp from say serverA to
    > another then you do it this way:
    > ftp serverB -s:script.txt
    > Where script .txt contains the list of commands for the ftp client
    > to follow. For example:
    > myusername
    > mypass
    > lcd C:\somedir
    > cd /pub/users/somedir
    > bin
    > prompt
    > mput *.jpg
    > close
    > quit
    >
    > I don't think there is an advantage of ftp vs. shares, except when
    > shares are not allowed.

    There might be dis-advantages (or at least more work) to running a
    FTP server...

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