ftp mget not working when used in a script - unix

Question

I am trying to get a number of files from a Unix machine using an MS DOS ftp script (Windows 7). I am new to this so I have been trying to modify an on-line example. The code is as follows:
#echo off
SETLOCAL
REM ##################################
REM Change these parameters
set FTP_HOST=host
set FTP_USER=user
set FTP_REMOTE_DIR=/users/myAcc/logFiles
set FTP_REMOTE_FILE=*.log
set FTP_LOCAL_DIR=C:\Temp
set FTP_TRANSFER_MODE=ascii
REM ##################################
set FTP_PASSWD=password
set SCRIPT_FILE=%TEMP%\ftp.txt
(
echo %FTP_USER%
echo %FTP_PASSWD%
echo %FTP_TRANSFER_MODE%
echo lcd %FTP_LOCAL_DIR%
echo cd %FTP_REMOTE_DIR%
echo prompt
echo mget %FTP_REMOTE_FILE%
) > %SCRIPT_FILE%
ftp -s:%SCRIPT_FILE% %FTP_HOST%
del %SCRIPT_FILE%
ENDLOCAL
However, when I run this the mget command fails and the following output is given:
Note: the output from the rest of the script shows that all of the previous steps are working as expected. I have even added ls commands to verify the script is in the correct directory.
...
ftp> mget *.log
200 Type set to A; form set to N.
mget logFile1_SystemOut_22-01-13.log? mget logFile2_SystemOut_22-01-13.log? mget
logFile3_SystemOut_22-01-13.log? ftp>
I have run through this manually repeating the exact same steps and it works fine - no problems and the files are successfully transferred to the C:\Temp directory.
I have checked numerous forums and other websites and I can't see any reason why it should behave like this. Any pointers as to why this doesn't work in the script would be great!
Thanks

Answer 1

The usual option for turning off the prompt generated by ftp mget is
ftp -i
By default ftp waits with a prompt for each file found by the mget "wildcard" string you generate in your script.

Answer 2

I call ftp scripts on Windows like this:
ftp -i -s:%SCRIPT_FILE% %FTP_HOST%
This because ftp -si:%SCRIPT_FILE% %FTP_HOST% doesn't work.
I guess it's the same on unix - the switches have to be separated.

Answer 3

ftp -i worked for me.
Change ftp -s:%SCRIPT_FILE% %FTP_HOST% for ftp -si:%SCRIPT_FILE% %FTP_HOST% in your script as #jim mcnamara suggested.

Answer 4

ftp -i -s:%SCRIPT_FILE% %FTP_HOST% worked for me, too.
another option is to switch prompt in the ftp script before you invoke mget (that you do) and i've also read mget -i somewhere.
but note: prompt in the ftp script switches the prompt back on if it had been off before. so use either ftp -i OR prompt, but not both!
you can check if your script works otherwise by echoing a few y's in the ftp script after mget, so it answers yes to the prompts as they come up.