are there and standards for writing scripts for automating FTP sessions? Reason I ask is at work we have an issue with our (outsourced) IT guys FTPing files to our (outsourced) printing suppliers and ...

Rolling a script to perform the FTP functions will allow you more flexibility than the built-in task and more productivity. In my last post, I talked about setting up and using FTP in an SSIS package.

I have the need to script up some ftps connections and what I can find on the internet ([1] and [2]) just say "do this and any works" without much, if anything, on debugging why it might not work. I ...