Need a command line FTP program that supports passive

[Guest]

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I need to create a batch file that will connect to an ftp nightly and
download some files but the ftp.exe included with windows does not support
passive mode. Is there a free command line ftp program out there that
supports passive mode and would let me accomplish this goal?

 

[Jim]

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"D Smith" <D Smith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I need to create a batch file that will connect to an ftp nightly and
> download some files but the ftp.exe included with windows does not support
> passive mode. Is there a free command line ftp program out there that
> supports passive mode and would let me accomplish this goal?
Interestingly enough, the ftp program on my system does support passive ftp.
There are some settings needed, but I don't remember them.
Jim

 

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Im talking about ftp.exe the command line ftp program thats included with
windows. Lots of GUI FTP programs work with passive but not ftp.exe

"Jim" wrote:

>
> "D Smith" <D Smith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6A03738A-5C4C-4F19-A27F-FF7893C86585@microsoft.com...
> >I need to create a batch file that will connect to an ftp nightly and
> > download some files but the ftp.exe included with windows does not support
> > passive mode. Is there a free command line ftp program out there that
> > supports passive mode and would let me accomplish this goal?
> Interestingly enough, the ftp program on my system does support passive ftp.
> There are some settings needed, but I don't remember them.
> Jim
>
>
>

 

[Jim]

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"D Smith" <D Smith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F869928E-382D-49BE-AC74-EBD48320E342@microsoft.com...
> Im talking about ftp.exe the command line ftp program thats included with
> windows. Lots of GUI FTP programs work with passive but not ftp.exe
I see. Explorer can set passive ftp. It is irritating that the program
which must do the copy can't use passive ftp.
Jim

 

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On 2005-08-19, Jim <j.n@nospam.com> wrote:
>
> "D Smith" <D Smith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F869928E-382D-49BE-AC74-EBD48320E342@microsoft.com...
>> Im talking about ftp.exe the command line ftp program thats included with
>> windows. Lots of GUI FTP programs work with passive but not ftp.exe
> I see. Explorer can set passive ftp. It is irritating that the program
> which must do the copy can't use passive ftp.
> Jim
>
>

NCFTP.....from www.ncftp.org. You need to set the preferences to
use passive specifically, else it installs as blank for auto(?).

 

[Guest]

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I thought it was going to work and wrote a batch file but it just stops
executing the batch file after the program is run. After looking into it I
found this in their FAQ

"8. My macros from NcFTP 2 or NcFTP 1 do not work with NcFTP version 3!

A. We removed that feature as it was unnecessary bloat which 99% of the
users were not using. Besides, you should use the command-line utility
programs if you need to do any kind of automation. "



"plew@csus_abcdefg.edu" wrote:

> On 2005-08-19, Jim <j.n@nospam.com> wrote:
> >
> > "D Smith" <D Smith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:F869928E-382D-49BE-AC74-EBD48320E342@microsoft.com...
> >> Im talking about ftp.exe the command line ftp program thats included with
> >> windows. Lots of GUI FTP programs work with passive but not ftp.exe
> > I see. Explorer can set passive ftp. It is irritating that the program
> > which must do the copy can't use passive ftp.
> > Jim
> >
> >
>
> NCFTP.....from www.ncftp.org. You need to set the preferences to
> use passive specifically, else it installs as blank for auto(?).
>