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I'm running a batch file that calls a script from a text file but it's not retrieving the files I want.

DownloadData.bat

ftp -v -i -s:FTPscript.txt 192.168.50.50

FTPscript.txt

username
password
lcd "c:\temp"
cd /Downloads
pwd
binary
mget "*.csv"
disconnect
bye

Result

C:\temp>ftp -v -i -s:FTPscript 192.168.50.50
User (192.168.50.50:(none)):

ftp> lcd c:\temp
Local directory now C:\temp.
ftp> cd /Downloads
ftp> pwd
257 /Downloads/ is the current working directory.
ftp> binary
ftp> mget "*.csv"
Cannot find list of remote files.
ftp> disconnect
ftp> bye

What am I doing wrong? This may be irrelevant but I am running this script off a virtual machine using windows 10 hyper-v. The VM is windows 7.

edit 2021-05-14--- Couldn't figure it out so I am using winSCP instead which is working. Thanks for the responses everyone!

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    If you have a "solution", please post it as an answer, instead of editing the qeustion.
    – Martin Prikryl
    May 14, 2021 at 20:25

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mget "*.csv" might be failing for these reasons:

  • There's no .csv files in the remote Downloads directory.

  • Permission issue - the FTP user doesn't have read or list permissions on the remote Downloads directory.

  • You have a strange FTP server that's not responding to the FTP protocol LIST or NLST request with something Windows ftp expects, or your FTP server doesn't support wildcard filenames.

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