How to ftp with a batch file?
Solution 1:
The answer by 0x90h helped a lot...
I saved this file as u.ftp:
open 10.155.8.215
user
password
lcd /D "G:\Subfolder\"
cd folder/
binary
mget file.csv
disconnect
quit
I then ran this command:
ftp -i -s:u.ftp
And it worked!!!
Thanks a lot man :)
Solution 2:
Using the Windows FTP client you would want to use the -s:filename option to specify a script for the FTP client to run. The documentation specifically points out that you should not try to pipe input into the FTP client with a < character.
Execution of the script will start immediately, so it does work for username/password.
However, the security of this setup is questionable since you now have a username and password for the FTP server visible to anyone who decides to look at your batch file.
Either way, you can generate the script file on the fly from the batch file and then pass it to the FTP client like so:
@echo off
REM Generate the script. Will overwrite any existing temp.txt
echo open servername> temp.txt
echo username>> temp.txt
echo password>> temp.txt
echo get %1>> temp.txt
echo quit>> temp.txt
REM Launch FTP and pass it the script
ftp -s:temp.txt
REM Clean up.
del temp.txt
Replace servername, username, and password with your details and the batch file will generate the script as temp.txt launch ftp with the script and then delete the script.
If you are always getting the same file you can replace the %1 with the file name. If not you just launch the batchfile and provide the name of the file to get as an argument.
Solution 3:
This is an old post however, one alternative is to use the command options:
ftp -n -s:ftpcmd.txt
the -n will suppress the initial login and then the file contents would be: (replace the 127.0.0.1 with your FTP site url)
open 127.0.0.1
user myFTPuser myftppassword
other commands here...
This avoids the user/password on separate lines
Solution 4:
You need to write the ftp commands in a text file and give it as a parameter for the ftp command like this:
ftp -s:filename
More info here: http://www.nsftools.com/tips/MSFTP.htm
I am not sure though if it would work with username and password prompt.