Re: FTP scripting

[Patrick Townsend <townsend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob,

Try just using the user ID and password on separate lines, like this:

  open 254.254.254.254
  user
  password


Patrick
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Bob Clark wrote:
> 
> 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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