The easiest way is to do it from a jobstream: !JOB FTPJOB,ARPA.SYS !RUN FTP.ARPA.SYS open 10.0.0.2 prompt off mget files* close quit !EOJ Tomazin, Frank <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message news:F4B1826B1A21D211AEC5006008207AF404377E92@dogbert.csillc.com... > hello > > i have been able to run a ftp file from a hp machine to a windows pc via a > job stream. > > but what i want to do is run a scrpit/ command file from mpe prompt, when i > do this via a mpe file > it runs ftp.arpa.sys, but then just brings up the > sign and i have to hit > the enter key to have command(s) run. is their any paramter that i can add > to the run ftp.arpa.sys command to tell ftp to read the rest of my command > file ? any info would be greatly appreciated. > > thanks frank >