Windows 95 and DOS Batch FTP SUMMARY: FTP multiple files simultaneously using the Windows 95 DOS prompt. We use this trick to handle the MalekTips webpage - it is very useful! Do you FTP a lot of files regularly? Do you maintain a website? If so, you can re-FTP the same files with a batch file using the Windows 95 DOS FTP command. Create a text file containing a list of your FTP commands. The first line must be your username, the second your password, and (optionally) the last line should be "quit." Now, when you invoke FTP from a DOS session, add " -s:batchfilename", substituting batchfilename with the name of the text file you created. Voila! Instant batch FTP session. Here's a batch FTP session to the supposed domain idontknowwhere.com that gets three files and quits. The name of the text file in this example is 'batchgrab.' The command line for this example would be: ftp -s:batchgrab idontknowwhere.com The contents of 'batchgrab' could be as follows. username password lcd c:\downloaddir cd downloaddir get file1.zip get file2.zip cd extras get extrasfile1.zip quit Here's a batch FTP session to the supposed domain idontknowwhere.com that sends three files and quits. The name of the text file in this example is 'batchput.' The command line for this example would be: ftp -s:batchput idontknowwhere.com The contents of 'batchput' could be as follows. username password lcd c:\webpage cd www/html put index.html put site_map.html cd contacts put contact_list.html quit     Add: Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | My Yahoo!   Discuss This Tip Print This Tip Get E-Mail When New Tips are Online Return to the Windows 95 and DOS page.

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