FTP Script for Windows - Server connection commands

Syntax:

OPENHOST(server,user,password)

server: DNS name or IP address of the FTP server.
user (optional): user name for the login.
password (optional): login password.

Remarks:

Use SETPROTOCOL before calling OPENHOST if you want to use secure FTP.
If no user name and password are supplied ScriptFTP will try to login anonymously.
If you do not want your FTP password to show up in clear text you can encrypt the entire script file. See Encrypting script files.

Return value:

OPENHOST will return “OK” as soon as the login has been successful and the connection is established.
If the operation fails it will return an error code. You may check the return value in order to try again. See Error handling or the last example on this page.

Examples:

# Connect to ftp.myhost.com as myuser and download all the files
OPENHOST("ftp.myhost.com","myuser","mypassword")
GETFILE("*.*")
CLOSEHOST
 
# Connect to ftp.funet.fi anonymously, download README
# and then upload it to ftp.myhost.com
 
# The file will be downloaded to the Windows temp directory
LOCALCHDIR("C:\WINDOWS\TEMP")

OPENHOST("ftp.funet.fi")
GETFILE("README")
CLOSEHOST

OPENHOST("ftp.myhost.com","myuser","mypassword")
 
PUTFILE("README")
CLOSEHOST
 
# Delete the downloaded README file
EXEC("del README")

# This is a label marking a specific location in the script.
:start
 
# Connect to FTP server
 
$result=OPENHOST("ftp.myhost.com","myuser","mypassword")
 
# Check if OPENHOST has failed
IF($result!="OK")
    PRINT("Error. Cannot connect to FTP server.")
    # Wait 1 second
    SLEEP(1)
    # Retry
    GOTO :start
END IF
 
# Once ScriptFTP reaches this point
# it is connected to the FTP server
 
# Download notes.doc
GETFILE("notes.doc")
 
# Close the connection
CLOSEHOST

OPENHOST is used to connect to an FTP server