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Author
30 Oct 2007 4:34 PM
WebGuyBob
Hello, all.

I am having a problem getting a command line FTP script to work in a
Scheduled Task on a WK3 server.  The command works fine when run from the
command prompt (when logged in as me [MYDOMAIN\bobr]).  However, when it is
run as a scheduled task (MYDOMAIN\svc_account_FTP), the status/log shows that
the task successfully ran (code 0x2) even though the results do not actually
occur.

The command should result in two deliverables: 1) A file
(iweb.access.MMDDYY.gz) successfully FTPed from www.iweb.mycompany.com and
placed into H:\MaxData\bobtest;  and  2) An FTP log file created
(iweb_get_yesterday_ftp.log) from the FTP session and placed into
H:\MaxData\bobtest.

When this is run at the command line using the following commands, it works
successfully:

Start - Run - CMD
C:\>H:
H:\>cd MaxData\bobtest
H:\MaxData\bobtest>ftp -s:FTP_Test_iWeb.txt www.iweb.mycompany.com >
iweb_get_yesterday_ftp.log

Here's the contents of the task command and script file:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ftp.exe -s:FTP_Test_iWeb.txt www.iweb.mycompany.com >
iweb_get_yesterday_ftp.log

<FTP_Test_iWeb.txt>
myuser
mypswd
cd /usr/webstats/logs/tmp
bin
prompt
mget *
quit
</FTP_Test_iWeb.txt>

Start in:
H:\MaxData\bobtest

Run as:
MYDOMAIN\svc_account_FTP

Among the things I tried were giving the "run as" account Modify perms on
H:\>MaxData\bobtest; and also by running the task as an administrator.  I've
also performed an all-drive search for each of the expected filenames.

<LogEntry>
"MKP FTP iWeb.job" (ftp)
    Started 10/30/2007 1:10:46 PM
"MKP FTP iWeb.job" (ftp)
    Finished 10/30/2007 1:10:46 PM
    Result: The task completed with an exit code of (2).
</LogEntry>

Can you help me solve this mystery?

TIA,

Bob
--
webguybob-nospam@hotmail.com

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