[NEED HELP] Command Prompt Program

[Sars!]

Hey guys

It's been a while...

I would be happy if anyone could help.

I need a program in command prompt (a batch file I mean ofcourse), which does this:

Extract a registry file out of registry, and automatically upload it to an ftp server, in a map on the ftp server, which has the date as name.

This is what I got so far:

REG EXPORT HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\BLABLABLA C:\BLABLABLA.REG

ftp

open ftp.mysite.com

sars@mysite.com

mypassword

put c:\BLABLABLA.reg

bye

quit

Ofcourse it doesn't work, because the username and password aren't typed in manually. I don't think it is possible with the echo command, and it's definately not possible with the print command.

And how can you make a map on the ftp server with the current time, in which the reg file will be placed?

Any help appreciated.

Grtz,

SaRs!

EDIT:

I found those two which may help:

@echo off

echo.##################

echo.# #

echo.# Uploading File #

echo.# #

echo.##################

set user=YOUR_USERNAME_GOES_HERE

set pass=YOUR_PASS_GOES_HERE

set srvr=YOUR_SERVER_GOES_HERE

echo.open %srvr%>%temp%\sendtoftp.log

echo.%user%>>%temp%\sendtoftp.log

echo.%pass%>>%temp%\sendtoftp.log

echo.BINARY>>%temp%\sendtoftp.log

echo.put %1>>%temp%\sendtoftp.log

echo.bye>>%temp%\sendtoftp.log

ftp -s:%temp%\sendtoftp.log

del %temp%\sendtoftp.log

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...mp;hl=batch+ftp

EDIT2:

Another problem I have are the spaces in the registry paths. How to write them in ur batch file?

Edited December 21, 2007 by Sars!

[Mordac85]

How about something like this?

@echo off
setlocal

:: Create the date and time elements.
For /f "tokens=1-7 delims=:/-, " %%i in ('echo exit^|cmd /q /k"prompt $D $T"') do (
	For /f "tokens=2-4 delims=/-,() skip=1" %%a in ('echo.^|date') do (
		set dow=%%i
		set %%a=%%j
		set %%b=%%k
		set %%c=%%l
		set h1=%%m
		set m1=%%n
		set s1=%%o
	)
)
Set PRE=%dd%-%mm%-%yy%

:: Export the key(s)
REG EXPORT HKLM\BLABLABLA %~dp0%PRE%_BLABLABLA.reg

:: Build the ftp command file
echo [UserName]> %~dp0send2ftp.txt
echo [Passwd]>> %~dp0send2ftp.txt
echo prompt n>>%~dp0send2ftp.txt
echo put %~dp0%PRE%_BLABLABLA.reg>> %~dp0send2ftp.txt
echo bye >> %~dp0send2ftp.txt

:: Send the file
ftp -s:%~dp0send2ftp.txt [ftp server]

:: Delete the command file
del %~dp0send2ftp.txt
endlocal

[Sars!]

What does this stand for:

%~dp0

Thanx a heaps,

SaRs!

EDIT: This is my current code:

@echo off

For /f "tokens=1-7 delims=:/-, " %%i in ('echo exit^|cmd /q /k"prompt $D $T"') do (

For /f "tokens=2-4 delims=/-,() skip=1" %%a in ('echo.^|date') do (

set dow=%%i

set %%a=%%j

set %%b=%%k

set %%c=%%l

set h1=%%m

set m1=%%n

set s1=%%o

)

)

Set PRE=%dd%-%mm%-%yy%

REG EXPORT HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\BABLA.reg C:\%~dp0%PRE%_systemlog.txt

@echo off

set user=...

set pass=...

set srvr=...

@echo off

echo.open %srvr%>>%temp%\sendtoftp.log

echo.%user%>>%temp%\sendtoftp.log

echo.%pass%>>%temp%\sendtoftp.log

echo.BINARY>>%temp%\sendtoftp.log

echo.put C:\%~dp0%PRE%_systemlog.txt>>%temp%\sendtoftp.log

echo.bye>>%temp%\sendtoftp.log

ftp -s:%temp%\sendtoftp.log

del %temp%\sendtoftp.log

The problem is that, if u open the .txt file after having downloaded it from the server, it displays a lot of strange chinese symbols. I tried both with Binary and not-binary sending. Both failed...

Any suggestions?

EDIT: And if two files are made on one day, one of them is overwritten. Maybe putting a time stamp on them too would help?

Thx a heaps for the help offered already,

SaRs!

Edited December 22, 2007 by Sars!

[Yzöwl]

I'd like to make a suggestion.

Try to use yyyy-mm-dd or at least yy-mm-dd it will help with standard sorting methods and follow the ISO 8601 standard format.

You dont want file 11-05-2006 to show before 16-03-2005 and 21-01-2007 for example!

[Mordac85]

%~dp0 expands to the current directory, so C:\ in front of it is not needed. As for multiple files, just modify the time stamp with the time as needed since we already have the entire time defined. I picked up this snippet from WindowsITPro and it's explained in detail here. And Yzöwl's idea makes a lot of sense if you ever have to go back and sort through the data.

I didn't think about it before but the exported reg file is unicode, and your ftp server must be doing some kind of translation/conversion on it. But an extra step converting it to std ASCII solves the problem.

@echo off
setlocal
For /f "tokens=1-7 delims=:/-, " %%i in ('echo exit^|cmd /q /k"prompt $D $T"') do (
For /f "tokens=2-4 delims=/-,() skip=1" %%a in ('echo.^|date') do (
set dow=%%i
set %%a=%%j
set %%b=%%k
set %%c=%%l
set h1=%%m
set m1=%%n
set s1=%%o
)
)
:: Add the time to the stamp
Set PRE=%dd%-%mm%-%yy%_%hh%-%min%-%ss%
REG EXPORT HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\BABLA.reg %temp%\dump.reg
type %temp%\dump.reg>%~dp0%PRE%_systemlog.txt
del %temp%\dump.reg

set user=...
set pass=...
set srvr=...

echo open %srvr%>>%temp%\sendtoftp.log
echo %user%>>%temp%\sendtoftp.log
echo %pass%>>%temp%\sendtoftp.log
echo put %~dp0%PRE%_systemlog.txt>>%temp%\sendtoftp.log
echo bye>>%temp%\sendtoftp.log
ftp -s:%temp%\sendtoftp.log
del %temp%\sendtoftp.log
endlocal

I'd also recommend keeping the setlocal/endlocal lines so you don't keep the unnecessary variables around in the environment. Run your batch as is and then type 'set' at the command prompt to see what I mean.

[Yzöwl]

I didn't think about it before but the exported reg file is unicode, and your ftp server must be doing some kind of translation/conversion on it. But an extra step converting it to std ASCII solves the problem.

<snip>

REG EXPORT HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\BABLA.reg %temp%\dump.reg

type %temp%\dump.reg>%~dp0%PRE%_systemlog.txt

del %temp%\dump.reg

You can ignore all that if you use regedit to create the registry file in the first instance

REGEDIT/A %~dp0%PRE%_systemlog.txt HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\BABLA

[Sars!]

One more question:

What about spaces in the Registry path:

For example

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\BLA BLA\BLABLABLA.reg

Now, when writing that into "" or even [] it doesn't work in command prompt.

Any help?

Grtz,

SaRs!

ps: U guys are like awesome

[Yzöwl]

If you are using my regedit example then the following should work exactly as expected.

REGEDIT/A %~dp0%PRE%_systemlog.txt "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\BLA BLA\BLABLABLA"