FTP DOS Commands

[TheVader]

Hi everybody,

I'm trying to use DOS commands to perform FTP actions. I simply make a BAT file and run it with VB. This works with all actions as far as I have tested, but not with FTP functions...

It only seems to be executing the first line...
This the the BAT file (user name and password are correct):

ftp garegozers.net
user gg-thevader ******
dir

Can anyone help me with this...?

[Shawn N]

You do realize you've left your password there right?

[TheVader]

Originally posted by Shawn N
You do realize you've left your password there right?

Yes, I do, thanks. And I don't mind anyone visiting, there's only crap on that server anyway.

(and '******' isn't my usual password anyway )

[Joacim Andersson]

What the bat file is doing is starting a FTP session and then waits for that to finish before going to line 2.

What you want todo is to send the FTP commands to the FTP prompt and not to Windows command prompt. Save all FTP commands to a text file and use this in your BAT file:

FTP -s:c:\thePath\theNameOfTheTextFile.txt

[nkad]

There's this nifty built in feature called the help switch....

FTP /?

It SHOULD tell you the commands available and how to use them.

I'm sure the msdn.microsoft.com site has helpfull info.

Search engines.. Gota love e'm.

[TheVader]

Thanks a lot, Joachim.

[Kyle_Katarn]

You should use K-FTP instead.
( http://www.katarncorp.com/?kftp )

Kyle

[TheVader]

Is there any way I can keep an FTP session active with the CMD? So e.g. first I log on to the server with a BAT and TXT file, then later on I want to change the directory, or download a file or something like that. But since you can't add commands 'on the fly' I can't figure out how to do that.

Thanks for any help.

[ober0330]

Originally posted by Kyle_Katarn
You should use K-FTP instead.
( http://www.katarncorp.com/?kftp )

Kyle

STOP SPAMMING.

[Kyle_Katarn]

Ain't spamming. Just giving solutions.

[ober0330]

That is not a solution. That is an advertisement for your software. The user is trying to write their own software, not use something that has already been made.

Again I say, stop spamming or I'll report you. I'm not the only person that has warned you about this.

[Kyle_Katarn]

Ok...

[Para80d]

i don't think any page with a "Buy Now" Button would qualify as a solution to an answer. Considering your avatar is the same as the company's logo.

[ober0330]

Giving someone a shareware OCX is not the same as answering someone's question or responding with how someone could attack a problem.

[Joacim Andersson]

Originally posted by TheVader
Is there any way I can keep an FTP session active with the CMD? So e.g. first I log on to the server with a BAT and TXT file, then later on I want to change the directory, or download a file or something like that. But since you can't add commands 'on the fly' I can't figure out how to do that.

Thanks for any help.

It sounds to me as if you want to build a GUI for a FTP client. In that case you shouldn't shell out to FTP.exe. Instead you could go with the INet control but that isn't very good especially if the server doesn't have a Windows label on it

I wrote an article a couple of years ago on how to use API functions that comes with IE for FTP. The article and a couple of VB classes is published at VB2theMax.

Cheers,

[TheVader]

Thanks, I'll check out the article. Yeah, i'm using FTP in my app; I'm now using the Inet Control, but it's annoyingly limited and the Winsock control is very difficult to master; so I thought this would be an easy solution...

[MikkyThomeon]

This is the prompt:

c:\> FTP -s:c:\upload ftp.serverx.net

These are the lines of the file:

USER myusername
PWD mypassword
cd /web
lcd c:\brafpweb
send c:\brafpweb\net-reach.htm net-reach.htm
close
quit

Connected to serverx
220 ProFTPD 1.2.5 Server (ProFTPD) [serverx]
User (serverxnone)):
331 Password required for USER.
530 Login incorrect.
Login failed.

ftp> mypassword
Invalid command.
ftp> cd /web
530 Please login with USER and PASS.
ftp> lcd c:\brafpweb
Local directory now C:\brafpweb.
ftp> send c:\brafpweb\net-reach.htm net-reach.htm
ftp> close
221 Goodbye.
ftp> quit

Why am I not getting this right?? This would be useful for maintaining a website by having an automated upload each evening to reflect changes done to the site.
Thanks

[Michael_Kamen]

Can't you just use the FTP API's ?

FtpCreateDirectory
FtpDeleteFile
FtpFindFirstFile
FtpGetCurrentDirectory
FtpGetFile
FtpPutFile
FtpRemoveDirectory
FtpRenameFile
FtpSetCurrentDirectory
InternetConnect

Just a few API's you can use..

If you download the API-Guide, it gives you examples for each one of them...