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Connecting to FTPS Site

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  • 22-12-2008 6:16pm
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    TinCool
    Registered Users Posts: 2,894 ✭✭✭


    Hello all,

    I am working on a project where I have to pull down some flat files from an ftps secure connection. I know that you can use Filezilla to connect to an FTPS server, however, I want to be able to automate the download of these files. So is there a command line executable (freeware) that can be used in a windows environment that can connect to an ftps site, run some script to pull down files and then disconnect ?

    I took at look at WinSCP which would have worked perfectly for this requirement but unfortunately it does not support FTPS.

    Cheers,
    TC


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    Webmonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 9,579 ✭✭✭Webmonkey


    Its SFTP :).

    How about PSFTP from http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

    Help can be found from console - psftp -h. It seems to allow batch mode with no interactions. Also -b enables input of a batch file. I havn't played with it, but might be worth looking into. You could create a windows batch file to automate perhaps.


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    pH
    Registered Users Posts: 4,188 ✭✭✭pH


    Webmonkey wrote: »
    Its SFTP :).

    No there's both SFTP (ssh ftp) and FTPS (FTP/SSL)

    As wikipedia says for FTPS:

    It should not be confused with either SSH file transfer protocol (SFTP), or FTP over SSH.

    ;)


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    Webmonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 9,579 ✭✭✭Webmonkey


    pH wrote: »
    No there's both SFTP (ssh ftp) and FTPS (FTP/SSL)

    As wikipedia says for FTPS:

    It should not be confused with either SSH file transfer protocol (SFTP), or FTP over SSH.

    ;)
    I stand corrected. You learn something new every day! Cheers ;)


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    TinCool
    Registered Users Posts: 2,894 ✭✭✭TinCool


    pH wrote: »
    No there's both SFTP (ssh ftp) and FTPS (FTP/SSL)

    As wikipedia says for FTPS:

    It should not be confused with either SSH file transfer protocol (SFTP), or FTP over SSH.

    ;)

    Cheers pH ;)

    I did some more googling and came across MOVEitFreely. Command line executable that can be scripted in to a batch file to do exactly what I need.

    Cheers anyway,
    TC.


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