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Simple FTP with a batch script
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25-02-2009 06:35AM#1Hey folks,
I'm trying to put together a batch script though have hit a small issue, if anyone can help me would grately appreciate it.
Right heres the thing, I basically need to get files from an FTP server. The problem is that the files don't have an extension, they have the same name though the extension is a random number that changes everyday. For example, todays file could be batman.1234 and tomorrows could be batman.9876
So I need to ask the user for the file extension for that day, simple enough.
echo Please enter file extension number
set /p extensionnumber=
Now heres where I am having the problem, I am connecting to the ftp server using "ftp -s:config.txt" where config.txt holds my ftp parameters. (The good old fashioned way
Eg. config.txt
Open ftp.myserver
username
password
cd
lcd
bin etc etc...
get batman.
But how do I pass the user variable that I got earlier into this config.txt, so that when I come to my ftp get command it appends the filename with the variable at the end?.
eg. get batman.uservariable
Any ideas?. Or can anyone think of a better way of doing it?. I'm not a programmer though and have very limited programming skills. Cheers in advance 0
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echo Please enter file extension number
set /p extensionnumber=
Now heres where I am having the problem, I am connecting to the ftp server using "ftp -s:config.txt" where config.txt holds my ftp parameters. (The good old fashioned way
Eg. config.txt
Open ftp.myserver
username
password
cd
lcd
bin etc etc...
get batman.
But how do I pass the user variable that I got earlier into this config.txt, so that when I come to my ftp get command it appends the filename with the variable at the end?.
eg. get batman.uservariable
Any ideas?. Or can anyone think of a better way of doing it?. I'm not a programmer though and have very limited programming skills. Cheers in advance
A quick and dirty way would be to auto-generate the config.txt file each time, substituting the batman.uservariable with batman.%uservariable% The output should be batman.18283 (or what ever). Start off with a TEMPLATE_config.txt which would have the bones of the script:
Open ftp.myserver
username
password
cd
lcd
bin
Then copy this over to config.txt, append batman.%uservariable% to then end of it via something like ECHO "batman.%uservariable%" >> config.txt
You then call the new config.txt in the same way : ftp -s:config.txt
Easy. 0 -
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Rev. Inglesworth wrote: »A quick and dirty way would be to auto-generate the config.txt file each time, substituting the batman.uservariable with batman.%uservariable% The output should be batman.18283 (or what ever). Start off with a TEMPLATE_config.txt which would have the bones of the script:
Open ftp.myserver
username
password
cd
lcd
bin
Then copy this over to config.txt, append batman.%uservariable% to then end of it via something like ECHO "batman.%uservariable%" >> config.txt
You then call the new config.txt in the same way : ftp -s:config.txt
Easy.
Cheers for that my man, much appreciated!. 0
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