Batch file to download and unzip ftp

Selects FTP download directory in this demo script it also selects file. And download it to local folder. And this is a simple TEXT file. So I created another batch file to execute this FTP script. And you are all set. I always prefer to use C drive only for OS and D drive for other installations. You can download the free Fileaze trial version or buy it here. The LITE version may be used indefinitely, without limitations, but it has limited functionality i. Make sure you read the tutorials included in the help file.

The program may not be that hard to learn without help, but speaking from experience: reading them will save you a lot of time. And once you created one or more jobs, make sure you make a backup. The registry as a whole is included in Windows's SystemState backups, but it doesn't support selectively restoring registry keys. So of course I made myself a batch file which I scheduled, to make unattended backups.

All commands can be run on the command line or from a script. The parts of this text that are displayed in magenta are valid for Windows and later only. Outlier Outlier 11 11 silver badges 18 18 bronze badges.

If his answer helped you a lot, mark his answer as the selected one! Likewise password. Either way, you can generate the script file on the fly from the batch file and then pass it to the FTP client like so: echo off REM Generate the script. Will overwrite any existing temp. Simon East 49k 15 15 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. I keep reading about this -s option, but I only get "ftp: invalid option -- 's'". What version of ftp does this require? I've got 1.

I just realized typing ftp on my machine runs the ftp program coming with cygwin, lol. All good, forget I said anything. This is an old post however, one alternative is to use the command options: ftp -n -s:ftpcmd. Mark Schultheiss Mark Schultheiss Lasse Lasse 5 5 silver badges 17 17 bronze badges.

Instead you need to pass everything you need on the ftp command line. COM del ftpcmd. NotMe NotMe Oswald Oswald 30k 3 3 gold badges 39 39 silver badges 67 67 bronze badges. Reminder: if you're going to use the user UserName [Password] [Account] command to logon, then run ftp with the -n parameter to prevent auto-login. What I do it enter a few NOOP no operation commands until the ftp server times out, and then login: open ftp.

Justin Goldberg Justin Goldberg 4 4 bronze badges. The file needs to be prepared daily because the pattern changes daily. PowerShell default encoding is Unicode. Peter Mortensen Ghayel Ghayel 1, 1 1 gold badge 10 10 silver badges 18 18 bronze badges. What is the line "ascii" doing? If you need to pass variables to the txt file you can create in on the fly and remove after.

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