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FTP Batch File logging

I am creating a batch to load files onto an FTP site. I want to be able to log the batch file's activity and find out if any of the put commands fail.

Here is my simple .bat file script .
ftp -s:c:\ftpmacro.txt www.myftp.com

What do I need to add to this .bat file to enable a log each time it's run? Or do I modify the actual ftpmacro.txt file that is being called from the .bat file?
Thanks for your help!

Lee W, MVP

Just add a >> ftp.log 2>>&1 to it.

For example:

MySimple.Bat >> ftp.log 2>>&1

(The above appends to the log file every time. Below will overwrite the log file every time).

MySimple.Bat > ftp.log 2>&1

colsatech

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Here is my .bat file now...

ftp -s:c:\ftpmacro.txt www.myftp.com
ftpmacro.Bat > ftp.log 2>&1

It displays after the quit command never closes the .bat file when it's done running. It creates the log file and I can view the log file but the log file seems to be on a loop. It finishes logging and then starts all over again. The log file gets up to about 40KB in size then goes back to 1KB and starts all over again until I manually close the dos window.

Lee W, MVP

Ok, I'm confused.

Your batch file looks like this:

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ftp -s:c:\ftpmacro.txt www.myftp.com
ftpmacro.Bat > ftp.log 2>&1
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Or like this:
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ftp -s:c:\ftpmacro.txt www.myftp.com
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colsatech

ASKER

After your post, I've changed it from:
ftp -s:c:\ftpmacro.txt www.myftp.com
to
ftp -s:c:\ftpmacro.txt www.myftp.com
ftpmacro.Bat > ftp.log 2>&1

If I understod your instruction correctly.

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colsatech

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Thank you for your help!