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> I write a batch file in Windows to download some files from an
> UltraSPARC running Solaris in a LAN. The files will be deleted after
> it was retrieved. Currently, I generate a ftp script file in the batch
> file and pass it to ftp with 'ftp -ivn < myfile.ftp' in Windows.

> The ftp script generated will be something like this:

> open <ip_address>
> user <username> <pass>
> cd <source_path>
> lcd <dest_path>
> get myfile1
> delete myfile1
> get myfile2
> delete myfile2
> ...
> ..
> bye

> Note that It is possible that the files are not available in the
> UltraSPARC and it seems there is a bug in the ftp 'delete' command
> (maybe in Windows environment).

> The 'delete' command is supposed to delete the file in the REMOTE
> environment, however, if the file does not exist in the UltraSPARC,
> the 'delete' command will delete the file store in my LOCAL HARD DISK.

> Is there anyway to prevent the 'delete' command to delete the files in
> my local hard disk when it doesn't exist in thre UltraSPARC ?

> \/\/yatt \/\/ong Home Page - http://www.asiaonline.net.hk/~tfwong/
> Winona Ryder Forever H. P. - http://www.asiaonline.net.hk/~tfwong/winona/

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>Hi,

>make it interactive.
>You'll see, that after get of an nonexistent source file to a target-dir with
>an equal named
>file, your existing file on NT will have a 0-Byte lenght.

>Nele

>> I write a batch file in Windows to download some files from an
>> UltraSPARC running Solaris in a LAN. The files will be deleted after
>> it was retrieved. Currently, I generate a ftp script file in the batch
>> file and pass it to ftp with 'ftp -ivn < myfile.ftp' in Windows.

>> The ftp script generated will be something like this:

>> open <ip_address>
>> user <username> <pass>
>> cd <source_path>
>> lcd <dest_path>
>> get myfile1
>> delete myfile1
>> get myfile2
>> delete myfile2
>> ...
>> ..
>> bye

>> Note that It is possible that the files are not available in the
>> UltraSPARC and it seems there is a bug in the ftp 'delete' command
>> (maybe in Windows environment).

>> The 'delete' command is supposed to delete the file in the REMOTE
>> environment, however, if the file does not exist in the UltraSPARC,
>> the 'delete' command will delete the file store in my LOCAL HARD DISK.

>> Is there anyway to prevent the 'delete' command to delete the files in
>> my local hard disk when it doesn't exist in thre UltraSPARC ?

>> \/\/yatt \/\/ong Home Page - http://www.asiaonline.net.hk/~tfwong/
>> Winona Ryder Forever H. P. - http://www.asiaonline.net.hk/~tfwong/winona/

>> Send a message with subject GET PGP KEY to get my PGP public key