Bruce Conrad wrote:
>
> Q1. there may have been a comment about something like this before: Can !HP
> variables be used in an ftp?
> ex. ftp....  put  filename!hphour.doc
> If not, we'll have to think of a workaround. (a programmer wants the date/time
> in the filename.
>

The way to do this is to "echo" the commands into a temp file and then
run ftp with the temp file redirected as the input.  Like this:

echo                                  > eftp
echo ascii                            >> eftp
echo exitonerror                      >> eftp
echo put mm!eddhhmm  intbrmemo.dat    >> eftp
echo close                            >> eftp
echo bye                              >> eftp
ftp your.host.name              < eftp
if ftplasterr = 0 then
comment <your ftp success commands go here>
endif
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