Automate FTP download

[achick]

How do we automate FTP downloads from a server?
I would like to schedule and also make sure security protocols are enforced.

 

[papadba]

Does this mean you want to "push" data from the server to the local pc?

If yes, suggest you reconsider and "pull" the data fropm the server by scheduling a process on the local pc to log onto the ftp server and download the file(s).

 

[xwb]

Have a look at

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/96269

This does a push. To do a pull, just change the put to get. As papadba said, it is better to pull from the local PC. The servers are always on but local PCs aren't. Instead of getting lockups on the server when it pushes out data to unpowered local PCs, when the local PCs are on and ready, they pull the data.

 

[papadba]

Another consideration is that most organizations will not permit local pc(s) to be configured as a "server" only as a client (which nearly every pc has installed).