Command line Passive FTP client

• bp

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  May 7, 2004 at 7:18 pm

  #85328

  Hello:

  Does anyone know of a command-line ftp utility that supports passive mode and can automatically run a text file (containing ftp commands) after it starts up?   I will be using it to automatically ftp a file from one server to another.

  There is an FTP commandline client (http://ftp.exe) that ships with Windows but it does not support passive mode (however, it can automatically run the text file after startup via the -s option though).

  Some command line FTP links of interest are:

  1) describes the windows http://ftp.exe (including the -s option)

  http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/default.asp?url=/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/ftp.asp

  2) indicates that windows http://ftp.exe does not support passive mode

  http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;271078

  Thanks a million in advance,

  Billy

• MattieNH

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  May 10, 2004 at 6:54 am

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  We've automated a number of our FTP transmit and receipt jobs using WS_FTP Pro, and it has a a passive mode switch.

  http://www.ipswitch.com/

  MattieNH