How can one automate the ftp login from command prompt using C#?

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Hi,
I want to access a remote location and download some files from the location. The point is the accessing requires credentials to be given as input to the command line. And i want to automate the entire thing using C#.
can anyone please help me in achieving the same,ie. how can i automate the logging into the remote machine .
Thanks!!!

Posted 2-Jun-14 1:03am

sovit agarwal

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DamithSL · Answer 1 · 2014-06-02T01:09:00

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try with FtpWebRequest , check How to: Download Files with FTP[^]
How to transfer multiple files from FTP server to local directory using C#?[^]
Or you can try one of Free FTP Library[^]

Posted 2-Jun-14 1:09am

DamithSL

Updated 2-Jun-14 1:15am

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sovit agarwal 2-Jun-14 7:43am

Thanks for the material above but its not a web request that i need to make....
i need to download files from a shared location..

DamithSL 2-Jun-14 9:44am

Shared location! then why you tagged question as FTP and talk about FTP login in the question?

sovit agarwal 2-Jun-14 11:00am

Because if the user is accessing the shared location for the first time, it asks for the network credentials. hence i wanted to this way