"Ragnar Midtskogen" <ragnar_ng@newsgroups.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> I have run into a strange problem running FTP with a batch file.
> The batch file is used to run various NTBACKUP backup operations, then FTP
> the backup files to a different server.
> The batch file runs correctly and creates all the backup files but does
> not get logged in to the FTP server
>
> Looking at the log file created by the batch file I can see that the
> connection to the FTP server is made and the userid accepted.
> But the password apparently is not, because I get error 331, need
> password.
> In a command window I can connect OK manually with the same userid and
> password.
>
> I have set up backups on a couple of dozen of our servers using basically
> the same batch file and they all work well.
>
> The last part of the batch file, where I create and run an FTP script is
> shown below:
> ----------------------------------------------------
> REM create FTP script
> echo open [IP address] > FTPscript.txt
> echo [userid] >> FTPscript.txt
> echo [password] >> FTPscript.txt
> echo prompt n >> FTPscript.txt
> echo cd E:\%DAY% >> FTPscript.txt
> echo put %BackUpDir%\%ServerName%-backup.bkf >> FTPscript.txt
> echo put %BackUpDir%\Registry_Settings\%ServerName%-Registry-backup.bkf >>
> FTPscript.txt
> IF %DAY%==Sun echo cd E:\SystemState
> IF %DAY%==Sun echo put
> %BackUpDir%\System_State\%ServerName%-SystemState-backup.bkf >>
> FTPscript.txt
> echo quit >> FTPscript.txt
>
> FTP -s:FTPscript.txt
>
> ERASE FTPscript.txt
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
> Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Ragnar
>

"Ragnar Midtskogen" <ragnar_ng@newsgroups.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks Bernard,
>
> I did not delete the script file and took a look at it. I didn't see
> anything wrong with it.
> But when I tried running it from the command line the result was the same.
> I was aware that the batch file code puts a blank at the end of each line
> and it occurred to me that maybe the blank was read as part of the
> password.
> So, I deleted the blanks and bingo! The operation ran correctly.
> I guess this FTP server doesn't like those blanks.
> None of the other servers care about them.
>
> Ragnar
>