map an ftp site to a local drive ?

[zxmax]

I need to have a small batch file to be schedualed to run at a certain time.
what i would need in that batch file is to have certain files to be copied to an FTP site (for backup purposes) no i don't know what to write in that batch file , unless i have the ftp folder is maped to a local drive (eg drive X) so i would have something like this :
copy C:/test.txt X:/backup/

any ideas or suggestions to go around this ? thanks in advance

 

[dhaywood]

Hi,

You can use ftp commands within a batch file so all you should need to do within the batch file is

Open the ftp connection
specifiy username and password
move to the required remote and local directories
change to Bin transfer type
'put' the required files across
close the connection

Hope this helps a little. If not let me know more specific details and I'll try and help some more.

 

[NortonES2]

Create a batch file similar to this

open servername
user anonymous anonymous
cd xxxxx
lcd yyyyy
bin
prompt
get zzzzz
bye

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If it doesn't leak oil it must be empty!!

 

[zxmax]

Great, thanks alot. it works perfect