Sure Larry, The Contents of FTPSTART.BAT are as follows
ftp -n -i -s:ftpscript.dan vredevoogd.com That is the entirety of the file. This file is run nightly by windows scheduler, and correctly starts the ftp program (built in windows) with the commands in ftpscript.dan logging onto our web site to update our files. If I execute the ftpstart.bat file from the command prompt, or double click it in windows, it works great. But Launch ftpstart.bat opens Internet explorer, and on the address line is "ftp:ftp/ftpscript.dan" and of course there is a host not found error displayed in the window. Dan At 04:45 PM 5/22/2002 -0400, you wrote: > > Are there restrictions to what the LAUNCH command won't run? I tried >to > > have it run ftpscript.bat file, and it opened internet explorer. a .bat > > file should be run by command.com Any one else have this, or is this a > > known feature? Perhaps it is a saftey feature. > > From the name of your batch file, I would bet that LAUNCH ran the correct >batch file, but the file itself tried to start or launch something with an >FTP extension, which on your system has become associated with IE. Could >you post the batch file? Also, if you put something in the batch file >unrelated to the ftp (like, starting a copy of Notepad), you will be able to >see whether the batch file is running or not. >-- >Larry > >================================================ >TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: >Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l >================================================ >TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l >================================================ >TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: >http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
