RE: FTP scripting

[eric <eric@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Create a CL and two text files - FTPCL, FTPCMDS, FTPOUT.

The CL

 PGM
              OVRDBF     FILE(INPUT) TOFILE(FTPCMDS) MBR(FTPCMDS)
              OVRDBF     FILE(OUTPUT) TOFILE(FTPOUT)
              FTP        RMTSYS(*INTNETADR) INTNETADR('##.#.###.###')
 ENDPGM

FTPCMDS is a physical file (or text file if your like) containing your 
commands below sans the open statement.  Place the user name and password 
on the first line.
Example:

USER PASSWORD
cd/qdls/folder
etc.
etc.

FTPOUT is your output log.  It is a physical or text file.

HTH

Eric Kempter
CommAir Mechanical Services, Inc.


-----Original Message-----
From:   Bob Clark [SMTP:bclark@ussafety.com]
Sent:   Monday, December 14, 1998 12:50 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?
 << File: bclark.vcf >> 
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