Re: Batch FTP fails at one location

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From: Ron Lowe (ron-msng_at_{d.e.l.e.t.e.}lowe-family.me.uk)
Date: 12/17/04 

Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 13:57:20 -0000

"Keith-Earl" <k@k.com> wrote in message
news:%23RiX6mD5EHA.1188@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>I have run the following FTP script without any problems for over a year at
>three or four different sites. When I visited a new client site the script
>dies on the mget *.*
>
> Why would mget fail? Can I use another FTP command to get all files in a
> folder?
>
> I invoke the script with this command in a batch file:
> ftp -s:myFTP.txt ftp.mySite.com
>
> myFTP file contents
> --------
> myAccount
> myPassword
> cd www\ezt\data
> lcd C:\Backup\
> binary
> mget *.*
>

Simplify the problem.

Forget scripting for the moment, and try manual FTP.
Can you 'ls' the site?

If not, it probably is indeed a firewall issue.
Try another FTP client, in passive mode.

The command-line FTP client that comes with XP does not support passive
mode.
Grab a copy of gFTP instead, which does:

ftp://ftp.gnu.org/old-gnu/emacs/windows/contrib/ftp-for-win32.zip 

-- 
Best Regards,
Ron Lowe
MS-MVP Windows Networking

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