2 QUESTION

1)
i get this error when i try to get the file
servername> get 40608010.sch
ERROR [40608010.sch]:
Specify an SCCS file with this command.(co1)

2)
first 3 numbers are M(month) DD (DAY)
How do i pass a value from window batch file ???

'get' is an SCCS command, (Source Code Control System).

What is it you want to 'get'?
Maybe you are thinking about the ftp get?


Pass where?

i want to download files from unix to window machine each day i run a batch file (which pass the date )
The files are name e.g 62819009.sch meaning (6 month and 28 day)
There are 300 files for a particular date
My batch file contains the following

dir %1?????.sch /o-s-----------------------------------to pass the date to batch file
ftp -i -s:\\servername\directroyname\viccopy.txt miamivic---------------------to call a txt file that has unix command



My viccopy contains the following commands

username
password
cd /usr/viis/conf/NMI/scheds
mget %1?????.sch----------------------------------how do i pass date to unix,,, this does not work
bye



any other way to get this file


salimt

Try this:

1) Create a file with the username/password like:

File name: \\servername\directroyname\FTPpw.txt which would contain:
username
password
cd /usr/viis/conf/NMI/scheds

2) Your batch file will look something like this:


any other way to get this file?

there are about 300 files to get (small)

so i have to mget all 300 from unix to windows


i have batch file on windows ( i think u got that right)

though its still not working

Post your batch file and any other related files

works fine Thanks for your help

One more question

how do i suppress message

of

opening port transferring file

transfer complete

300 times

Try redirecting the output from ftp:

ftp -i -s:\\servername\directroyname\viccopy.txt miamivic >\temp\MyFTP.log

Also, instead you could add the following to the FTPpw.txt file:
verbose