FTP Command Question

[Joe4]

Anyone here have any FTP scripting experience? We have some automated batch files that connect to a remote FTP server and download files to our FTP server.

This batch file runs daily, but the client doesn't clean out the old files very often. So what we would like to do is to "mark" the files we download so we don't download them again. Unfortunately, the file names are different. The only thing that is consistent is the PGP extension.

So I was hoping that after I download the file to rename it. My script looks something like this:

<connection/login info here>
cd OurCompany
cd FromVendor
binary
mget *.pgp
rename *.pgp *.old
BYE

The problem is that it doesn't seem to like my RENAME command. I am not sure if the wildcards are presenting the problem.

Can anyone help, or does anyone know of an FTP forum?

Thanks.

 

[SydneyGeek]

Would this do instead?

KILL *.pgp

...to clean out the directory. BTW, are you running VBScript, or something else?

Denis

 

[Joe4]

Denis,

No, they are actually FTP commands (you can find lists of them on the internet). To delete files, there is actually a DELETE command. However, I woul prefer to rename them rather than delete them, as sometimes there are errors in the downloads, so I may need access to them. Another possibility is that if new files are being added as you are downloading, you may delete one that you have not downloaded yet.

 

[SydneyGeek]

OK, I thought you were running some DOS-based code.

Went for a browse, and this page says that you need to use a pipe symbol with wildcard names:

<connection/login info here> 
cd OurCompany 
cd FromVendor 
binary 
mget *.pgp 
rename *.pgp|*.old 
BYE

Denis

 

[Joe4]

Denis,

No luck. I keep getting an error message saying:
"The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect."

I tried using the RENAME command on one specific filename (no wildcards) and it worked. But I cannot get it to do multiple file names with wildcards.