Need some FTP help (writing an automated .bat file)

[TheNinja]

So I'm trying to write a simple batch file (.bat) that will simply run from the desktop when clicked. All it has to do is go to a site and download a file (it will be the same file name and location everytime). And then disconnect when it's done. Sounds easy? Well it might be if you are smarter than me.

Example:

ftp
open
yoyoma.me.com
user1
password
get <file>
logout
quit
close

 

[FoBoT]

just modify this one below or copy the parts you need from it

this is the .bat file

ftp -s:cescript.txt

this is the cescript.txt file

open ftp.symantec.com
anonymous
nobody@spammer.com
cd public/english_us_canada/antivirus_definitions/norton_antivirus/static
lcd C:
bin
hash
prompt
get navup8.exe
quit

 

[FoBoT]

so your .txt file would be like this

open yoyoma.me.com
user1
password
cd <to the dir needed>
lcd C:
bin
hash
prompt
get <file>
quit

then just put "ftp -s:<filename>.txt " into the .bat file with <filename.txt> being the name of the above .txt file

 

[TheNinja]

FoBot you are my new HERO!!! seriously, thank you so much for that. It's exactly what I wanted. I totally forgot I had to call it from a batch file and point it to a .txt "script".

Let me know if there is anything I can do for ya.

btw:
for educational purposed I want to break down each line

open yoyoma.me.com ---- obviously open to the ftp site
user1 ---- username
password ---- password
cd <to the dir needed> ---- cd to proper directory
lcd C: ---- I'm guessing it sets the local directory to download to
bin ---- don't know why it's needed
hash ---- don't know why it's needed
prompt ---- don't know why it's needed
get <file> ---- downloading the file
quit ---- quitting application

 

[FoBoT]

lcd is to set the local directory, that is where you want the file to land on your hard drive
bin is to make it a binary download vs. ascii for text - this is important depending on the file you want to get. if the file is an .exe or .jpg, etc, then you need to make sure you are in binary mode
i don't know what hash is either
not sure why prompt is good either

i copied this from a symantec script they have linked in their knowledge base

 

[Klandestine]

hash gets you high doesn't it?

 

[SUOrangeman]

wget can also be your friend.

-SUO

 

[pulse8]

Prompt makes it so that it won't ask for confirmation.

 

[Aves]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
i don't know what hash is either

Hash forces the program to output a series of #s, without it you don't get any output until the download is complete.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: SUOrangeman
wget can also be your friend.

i use wget for http

but i had problems using it with ftp and our proxy. the readme lists some switches for proxy use, but i failed to get it to work

 

[warcrow]

Originally posted by: Klandestine
hash gets you high doesn't it?

lol