I need to automatically ftp from my server to a different one (serverB). I get path errors every time I try. These batch files are located in c:\bats on my server. I can manually ftp the file, so I know the connection works. The text of my ftpserverB.bat is: start ftp -s:fileX.txt 123.45.678.90 The text of my fileX.txt is: loginname password put d:\...(path to file to be transferred) bye Any ideas? Thanks.

I think you need to use something like "say". I read it wrong and answer it wrong too. So get off my case you peanut.

Dear gerryvr, Try the following - ftpserverB.bat: ftp -s:FileX.txt FileX.txt: open 123.45.678.90 loginname password lcd *path to file to be transferred* cd *optional path to destination if required* put *file* bye Hopefully this may be of some help to you. All the best, Jonathan

Thanks to both of you, but still no luck. I did find a clue. I used Wordpad to write the batch files, and was always viewing them in Wordpad. Well, I dug deep for my old edlin commands and viewed the files at the command prompt. Both files had what looked like formatting codes embedded in them. I wrote two new files using Notepad, and they view without the formatting codes. I still have had no luck in automating that file send. I don't get the same path errors as before, but the command window zips by and closes so fast that I cannot read what's happening. Do you know the switch/command to make that file run one line at a time? Gerry

johnathan's should work. What are your errors when you use his (note- on his, skip the the "open" line as you're doing that in the command.