Schedule FTP Task on 2k/XP

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I want to create a batch file that can be scheduled to run every night at
midnight to 1.) Zip up a file, then 2.) FTP the resulting Zip to a server
over the internet.

Is this simple? If so what tools would I need? WinZip doesn't have a
command line interface that I know of, does good-old PkZip work on 2k/XP?

Thanks for your help.

- Ben

Example:

File to be zipped = c:\data\datafile.mdb
Resulting zip file = c:\data\datafile.zip
ftp to ftp://whatever.server.com/data
 
Ben said:
I want to create a batch file that can be scheduled to run every night at
midnight to 1.) Zip up a file, then 2.) FTP the resulting Zip to a server
over the internet.

Is this simple? If so what tools would I need? WinZip doesn't have a
command line interface that I know of, does good-old PkZip work on 2k/XP?

Thanks for your help.

- Ben

Example:

File to be zipped = c:\data\datafile.mdb
Resulting zip file = c:\data\datafile.zip
ftp to ftp://whatever.server.com/data
Click to expand...

WinZip *does* have a command line interface if you are a registered user.
You can download it from the WinZip web site.

Yes, it is a simple task. You don't need any tools other than WinZip or
PKZip, FTP.EXE (comes with Windows), and the Task Scheduler (comes with
Windows).
 
Phil Robyn said:
WinZip *does* have a command line interface if you are a registered user.
You can download it from the WinZip web site.

Yes, it is a simple task. You don't need any tools other than WinZip or
PKZip, FTP.EXE (comes with Windows), and the Task Scheduler (comes with
Windows).
Click to expand...

Yep, looks very simple thanks for the tip.
 
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