Question : Need to update my Windows FTP.EXE client to do secure FTP

I'm using both Win 7 x64 and XP Pro SP3.

I have a system that makes extensive use of ftp scripts and we need to adjust it to use secure ftp. Many of these scripts are dynamically generated by a legacy system. We use the windows ftp.exe command line ftp client to run them as in:

ftp.exe -i -s:c:\path\nameofscriptfile.ftpscript

Is there a ftp client that will take care of secure ftp for us so we simply change the name of the client executable as in:

secureftp.exe -i -s:c:\path\nameofscriptfile.ftpscript

Will we get away with running the existing scripts or will they have to be modified to deal with connection differences?

Here's a sample script:

open www.domain1.com
avaliduserid
avalidpassword
verbose
cd /var/www/html
ascii
put c:/localpath/x10912.cgi
quote site chmod 755 x10912.cgi
!SendConfirmation x10912 > nul
close

open www.domain2.com
avaliduserid
avalidpassword
verbose
cd /var/www/html
ascii
put c:/localpath/x10912.cgi
quote site chmod 755 x10912.cgi
!SendConfirmation x10912 > nul
bye

Answer : Need to update my Windows FTP.EXE client to do secure FTP

Have you try WinSCP ?

http://winscp.net/eng/docs/scripting

I know it can handle automate scripting, and best of all, it is free .