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Does it work ?<br />
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If you're having problems, you could pipe %filename% to a file - eg in a batch file :<br />
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@echo off<br />
echo get /&lt;location&gt;/%%filename%% &gt;&nbsp;doffus.scr<br />
FTP -n -s:doffus.scr<br />
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so then FTP wouldn't actually be trying to use an environment variable.<br />
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Does it work ?

If you're having problems, you could pipe %filename% to a file - eg in a batch file :

@echo off
echo get /<location>/%%filename%% > doffus.scr
FTP -n -s:doffus.scr

so then FTP wouldn't actually be trying to use an environment variable.



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I don't think so. &nbsp;It is the cmd.exe that expands the environment variables, <a href="ftp://ftp.exe" rel="ugc">ftp.exe</a>&nbsp;doesn't understand them, so you have to use Tims solution (afaik - but then wdik?).<br />
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Mark
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I don't think so.  It is the cmd.exe that expands the environment variables, ftp.exe [ftp://ftp.exe] doesn't understand them, so you have to use Tims solution (afaik - but then wdik?).

Mark

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afaik ?<br />
wdik ?<br />
<br />
I'm probably missing something here...!<br />
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afaik ?
wdik ?

I'm probably missing something here...!



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'as far as i know' you're not missing anything. But then 'what do i know'?<br />
<br />
Mark
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'as far as i know' you're not missing anything. But then 'what do i know'?

Mark

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I see...<br />
btw - FTP's been around for nearly 30 years - the basics aren't going to change in a hurry !
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I see...
btw - FTP's been around for nearly 30 years - the basics aren't going to change in a hurry !

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Hello,<br />
<br />
I'm trying to write a .bat based application that will FTP get some files from another machine. &nbsp;First question, is it possible to use an environment variable in a .scr file? &nbsp;Here is what I'm doing: &nbsp;<br />
<br />
set %filename% = example.log<br />
FTP -n -s:doffus.scr &lt;host&gt;<br />
<br />
While in the doffus.scr:<br />
get /&lt;location&gt;/%filename%<br />
<br />
Second question, would you do it this way, or is there a better way? &nbsp;I would like to use the .bat approach.<br />
<br />
Thanks
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Hello,

I'm trying to write a .bat based application that will FTP get some files from another machine.  First question, is it possible to use an environment variable in a .scr file?  Here is what I'm doing:  

set %filename% = example.log
FTP -n -s:doffus.scr <host>

While in the doffus.scr:
get /<location>/%filename%

Second question, would you do it this way, or is there a better way?  I would like to use the .bat approach.

Thanks

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