RE: FTP scripting

I believe that you have to use the '-n' parameter on the ftp command to use
the user and pass subcommands in your script.

Example: ftp -n -s:ftp_script as400.machine.com


Guy Murphy - FACTS Systems
University of Illinois
217-333-8670
murphyfa@uiuc.edu


-----Original Message-----
From: bclark@ussafety.com [mailto:bclark@ussafety.com]
Sent: Monday, December 14, 1998 2:50 PM
To: Midrange-L
Subject: FTP scripting


This might be a little off topic but here goes.  I am trying to automate
the download of some files from the AS/400 using FTP.  I chose FTP
because I don't see the need to chew up a Client Access license for this
application.  I am having problems logging on to the AS/400 FTP server
using a text file as a script.  I keep getting invalid command messages
when I attempt to use the USER and PASS subcommands.  I have tried this
using the Windows NT 4.0 FTP client as well the Windows '95 client.

the script looks something like this:
open 254.254.254.254
USER user
PASS password
cd/qdls/folder
lcd f:\directory
get test.txt
quit

Can anybody tell me where I am going wrong?
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