On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 10:50:43 +0000, Shane Malden wrote:

> Hi. Is there anyone to do a directory listing on a FTP server and download
> every file? The issue is, there are new files added daily and I don't want
> to download what I downloaded yesterday. I only have read access so I can't
> flag them once downloaded nor remove the file. I've heard Kermit has some
> programming features but not sure if it'll be smart enough to to do this?
> Any help would be appreciated.

The scripting language is only as "smart" as the programmer. :-)

About the FTP client in c-kermit/kermit 95:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ftpclient.html

You are posting from Windoze so perhaps you need:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/k95.html#order

If you want to program c-kermit (Unix version) you need:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ck60manual.html
Scripts created for c-kermit mostly work with kermit 95 but may need
tweaking.

Then get the supplemental updates here:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ck80.html#doc
Also look at the tutorial on this page.

Any omissions or misinformation on my part will surely be corrected
by someone else.

Gene (e-mail: gene \a\t eracc \d\o\t com)
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On 2005-10-31, Shane Malden wrote:
: Hi. Is there anyone to do a directory listing on a FTP server and download
: every file? The issue is, there are new files added daily and I don't want
: to download what I downloaded yesterday. I only have read access so I can't
: flag them once downloaded nor remove the file. I've heard Kermit has some
: programming features but not sure if it'll be smart enough to to do this?
: Any help would be appreciated.
:
See:

http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/case10.html

which doesn't apply to FTP specifically, but many of the same features
are available in the FTP client, and:

http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ftpscripts.html

that discusses how to write FTP scripts and works up to how to do
"transaction processing", similar to what you are looking for.

Also, in Kermit itself, at the C-Kermit> or K-95> prompt, type
"help ftp mget" to see the options available when downloading files
with FTP. Among them the /COLLISION:UPDATE switch.

Mileage can vary depending on the capabilities of the FTP server.

- Frank