Ftp:// download from script

[chiners_68]

Hi Guys,

I want to run a script daily so it pulls down the latest sdat from Mcafee's ftp page. how can I do this?

the page is ftp://ftp.mcafee.com/pub/antivirus/superdat/intel/ the sdat file name changes name each day so i need it to download SDAT*.exe

No login name or password is required for the ftp: page..

ive tried this with my little knowledge of autoit but it dosent work.

filecopy("ftp://ftp.mcafee.com/pub/antivirus/superdat/intel/sdat*.exe", "C:\Documents and Settings\name\Desktop")

[chiners_68]

ive created this now from looking at the function references..

InetGet("ftp://ftp.mcafee.com/pub/antivirus/superdat/intel/Sdat5140.exe", "C:\Documents and Settings\name\Desktop", 1, 1)

While @InetGetActive
  TrayTip("Downloading", "Bytes = " & @InetGetBytesRead, 10, 16)
  Sleep(250)
Wend

MsgBox(0, "Bytes read", @InetGetBytesRead)

it dosent seem to work & fulls over with a bytes read -1

Edited October 15, 2007 by chiners_68

[chiners_68]

can anyone help..!"!!

[DW1]

InetGet("ftp://ftp.mcafee.com/pub/antivirus/superdat/intel/Sdat5140.exe", "C:\Documents and Settings\name\Desktop", 1, 1)

You didn't specify a destination file, just a dir

EDIT: Hmmm still not working for me

Edited October 15, 2007 by danwilli

[DW1]

This works

InetGet("ftp://ftp.mcafee.com/pub/antivirus/superdat/intel/Sdat5140.exe", @DesktopDir & "\test.exe", 1, 1)

While @InetGetActive
  TrayTip("Downloading", "Bytes = " & @InetGetBytesRead, 10, 16)
  Sleep(250)
Wend

MsgBox(0, "Bytes read", @InetGetBytesRead)

so I would check and see if "C:\Documents and Settings\name\Desktop" exists before trying to put a file there... Do you really have a user named "name"?

[chiners_68]

danwilli,

No, I dont have a user named 'name'. i just renamed that on the post as I didnt want to display the persons name.

tried your scrit which you said works but still get the same bytes read -1.

InetGet("ftp://ftp.mcafee.com/pub/antivirus/superdat/intel/Sdat5140.exe", @DesktopDir & "\test.exe", 1, 1)

While @InetGetActive

TrayTip("Downloading", "Bytes = " & @InetGetBytesRead, 10, 16)

Sleep(250)

Wend

MsgBox(0, "Bytes read", @InetGetBytesRead)

Ive tried to the root of C:\ but that still dosent work.

Edited October 15, 2007 by chiners_68

[weaponx]

Fails for me too. The link works in Firefox.

[Nahuel]

danwilli,

No, I dont have a user named 'name'. i just renamed that on the post as I didnt want to display the persons name.

tried your scrit which you said works but still get the same bytes read -1.

Ive tried to the root of C:\ but that still dosent work.

@InetGetBytesRead = the number of bytes downloaded, or -1 if there has been an error.

I suppose the error is that InetGet is no longer active. The script works for me.

[chiners_68]

Ive got it working on an open BB machine..

on my work network we have a mcafeee apliance which scans incoming files before it lets you download it. I guess this cachig & checking is taking too long for the InetGet & its timing out.