Using Powershell for ftp 4
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Reference : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/265339/whats-the-best-way-to-automate-secure-ftp-in-powershell
$sourceuri = "ftp://ftp.secureftp-test.com/hamlet.zip" $targetpath = "C:\hamlet.zip" $username = "test" $password = "test" # Create a FTPWebRequest object to handle the connection to the ftp server $ftprequest = [System.Net.FtpWebRequest]::create($sourceuri) # set the request's network credentials for an authenticated connection $ftprequest.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential($username,$password) $ftprequest.Method = [System.Net.WebRequestMethods+Ftp]::DownloadFile $ftprequest.UseBinary = $true $ftprequest.KeepAlive = $false # send the ftp request to the server $ftpresponse = $ftprequest.GetResponse() # get a download stream from the server response $responsestream = $ftpresponse.GetResponseStream() # create the target file on the local system and the download buffer $targetfile = New-Object IO.FileStream ($targetpath,[IO.FileMode]::Create) [byte[]]$readbuffer = New-Object byte[] 1024 # loop through the download stream and send the data to the target file do{ $readlength = $responsestream.Read($readbuffer,0,1024) $targetfile.Write($readbuffer,0,$readlength) } while ($readlength -ne 0) $targetfile.close()