Schedule FTP Task on 2k/XP

[Ben]

I want to create a batch file that can be scheduled to run every night at
midnight to 1.) Zip up a file, then 2.) FTP the resulting Zip to a server
over the internet.

Is this simple? If so what tools would I need? WinZip doesn't have a
command line interface that I know of, does good-old PkZip work on 2k/XP?

Thanks for your help.

- Ben

Example:

File to be zipped = c:\data\datafile.mdb
Resulting zip file = c:\data\datafile.zip
ftp to ftp://whatever.server.com/data

 

[Phil Robyn [MVP]]

I want to create a batch file that can be scheduled to run every night at
midnight to 1.) Zip up a file, then 2.) FTP the resulting Zip to a server
over the internet.

Is this simple? If so what tools would I need? WinZip doesn't have a
command line interface that I know of, does good-old PkZip work on 2k/XP?

Thanks for your help.

- Ben

Example:

File to be zipped = c:\data\datafile.mdb
Resulting zip file = c:\data\datafile.zip
ftp to ftp://whatever.server.com/data

WinZip *does* have a command line interface if you are a registered user.
You can download it from the WinZip web site.

Yes, it is a simple task. You don't need any tools other than WinZip or
PKZip, FTP.EXE (comes with Windows), and the Task Scheduler (comes with
Windows).

 

[Ben]

WinZip *does* have a command line interface if you are a registered user.
You can download it from the WinZip web site.

Yes, it is a simple task. You don't need any tools other than WinZip or
PKZip, FTP.EXE (comes with Windows), and the Task Scheduler (comes with
Windows).

Yep, looks very simple thanks for the tip.