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FTP-dos script problem!

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Name: zhou hao
Date: April 21, 2003 at 19:11:53 Pacific
OS: win98
CPU/Ram: pii/128M
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If I use get-dos script to download files on the ftp server to a certain directory on the local computer and it found files of the same name, but i don't want to overwrite but automatically dont download the file?Can i help u?
Glad if you could help



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Name: phessup
Date: April 30, 2003 at 10:03:26 Pacific
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If you use a DOS .BAT file to run the FTP script "ftp -i -s:yourftp.scp" you could choose a temporary file name for your "get" command "get sourcefile tempfile" and then handle the name conflict in DOS after the FTP finishes.

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