RE: BATCH ftp ?

This looks like something I almost did.  What I was going to do was write
the directory contents to a file, have a program select the file, and use
the selection to generate a new script member for the get session.  Then the
people on the other end decided they weren't going to automate their
process.  I'd be interested in finding out if you can keep the session
alive.

You might want to check out the LS subcommand.  It can write a list of file
names to an output file.  If you need the date and/or size information, it's
not as useful as DIR.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Allen [mailto:allenmark@nu-z.net]
> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 9:19 AM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: BATCH ftp ?
>
>
> Having a problem with getting this to do what I want.  What I
> need it to
> do is stay in the FTP session after the dir in the sctipt file (listed
> below) because we do not know what the file name will be.  I want the
> operator to manually enter the appropriate get command but the ftp
> session does an "implicit" quit after the last line of the FTP script
> and the runqry starts.  Can I do wat I want or is the "whole" thing
> going to have to be manual.
>
>