Script File Commands Grouped by Function

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Debugging Commands

BREAK Set a script file breakpoint
GO (Re)run the currently selected script file from beginning
RESUME Resume execution of a script file stopped at a breakpoint

 

E-mail Commands

CREATEMAIL Create an e-mail message
GETMAIL Get an e-mail message
MAILTO Send an e-mail message (manually) via default e-mail client
SENDMAIL Send an e-mail message to one or more recipients

 

FTP Site Commands

FTPCD Change to a new directory on the FTP site
FTPCMD Send a “raw” FTP command
FTPDELDIR Delete a directory on the FTP site
FTPDELETE Delete file(s) on the FTP site
FTPDIFF Find differences between current state of the FTP site file system and the last site snapshot or diff operation
FTPDIFFREWIND Set the sequential diff pointer back to be first difference found to reset an FTPGETDIFF search sequence
FTPGETDIFF Sequentially report the different files found during the last diff operation on the FTP site
FTPGETFILE Get next file in local folder/subfolder tree on the FTP site
FTPGETREWIND Reset FTPGETFILE to first matching file
FTPLIST Write current FTP site directory listing to a file
FTPMAKEDIR Make a new directory on the FTP site
FTPPWD Get current directory on an FTP site
FTPRENAME Rename a file on the FTP site
FTPSNAPSHOT Take snapshot of current state of FTP site file system
GETSITEFILE Get next file in an FTP site directory
TIMEZONE Set timezone difference between Robo-FTP and FTP site

 

Function Directives and Commands

BEGINFUNCTIONS Begin function declaration section in script file
ENDFUNCTION End function declaration
ENDFUNCTIONS End function declaration section in script file
FUNCTION Begin function declaration
RETURN Return from a function

 

HTTP/HTTPS site Commands

HTTPPOSTPost to HTTP/HTTPS site

 

Licensing Commands

ACTIVATELIC Activate license

 

Link Connection/Establishment and Disconnect Commands

DIALNET Initiate auto-dial connection via Dial-Up Networking
DISCONNECT Disconnect from an FTP site
FTPLOGOFF Logoff FTP site
FTPLOGON Logon FTP site
STAYALIVESpecify time-out to maintain FTP site connection

 

Local File Commands

APPEND Append one file to another
ARCHIVEDIR Define Robo-FTP’s archive folder
CHGDIR An alias for the WORKINGDIR command
COPY Copy one file to another location
DELDIR Delete an empty local folder
DELETE Delete local file(s)
DIFF Find differences between current state of the local PC file system and the last snapshot or diff operation
DIFFREWIND Set the sequential diff pointer back to be first difference found to reset a GETDIFF search sequence
EXPORT Export configuration settings to a file
GETDIFF Sequentially report the different files found during the last diff operation
GETFILE Get next file in local folder/subfolder tree
GETNEXTFILE Get next file in current local folder
GETREWIND Reset GETFILE to first matching file
IMPORT Import configuration settings from a file
LISTDIR Write local folder listing to a file
MAKEDIR Create a new local folder
MAKEFILENAME Create a unique, non-existent file name
MOVE Move one file to another location
PRINT Print a file
READFILE Read string variable value from text file
READXTBL Read ASCII - EBCDIC translation table file
RENAME Rename a file
SNAPSHOT Take snapshot of current state of local PC file system
UNZIP Extract file(s) from a zip archive
WORKINGDIR Specify default working folder
WRITEFILEWrite character string or string variable value to text file
ZIP Create or add to a zip archive

 

Log File / Console Control Commands

CONSOLE Control output to console window
CONSOLEMSG Write a message to the console window
DASHBOARDMSGUpdates Robo-FTP Dashboard
LOG Specify the script log file name
LOGMSG Write a message to the script log file
LOGNTEVENT Write a message to the NT application event log
SESSIONLOG Specify diagnostic log file name for secure (SSH/SSL)   sessions
SRVNAME Define service name and control interaction with Monitor
TRACELOG Specify trace/diagnostic log file name

 

PGP Encryption Commands

PGPDECRYPT Decrypt a PGP encrypted file
PGPENCRYPT Encrypt a file using PGP
PGPIMPORT Import a PGP key file set

 

Remote Server Commands (for use with Robo-FTP Server only)

RSCMD Send remote server command
RSCMDCANCEL Cancel non-blocking remote server command
RSCMDSTATUS Check the status of non-blocking remote server command

 

Script File Branching Commands

FTPSETERROR Store FTP result value for conditional branching
GOTO Direct flow to label
IFDATE Conditional branch upon file date comparison
IFDATETIME Conditional branch upon file date time comparison
IFERROR Conditional branch after testing result code
IFFILE Conditional branch on file existence
IFNFILE Conditional branch on file non-existence
IFNO Conditional branch if ‘No’ is clicked in ASK dialog box
IFNSTRCMP Conditional branch when two string variables are not equal
IFNSUBSTR Conditional branch if sub-string is not found in string variable
IFNUM Conditional branch upon numeric variable comparison
IFSIZE Conditional branch upon file size comparison
IFSTRCMP Conditional branch when two string variables are equal
IFSUBSTR Conditional branch if sub-string is found in string variable
IFTIME Conditional branch upon file time comparison
IFYES Conditional branch if ‘Yes’ is clicked in ASK dialog box
LOOPCOUNT Set maximum loop repetition
LOOPIF Conditional branch used in conjunction with LOOPCOUNT
LOOPTO Unconditional branch used in conjunction with LOOPCOUNT

 

Script File Control Commands

CALL Call another script file
CHAIN Transfer to another script file
CRON Script scheduling using crontab file
DISPLAY Display all or a specified variable
DOSCMD Execute an internal MS-DOS command
EXEC Execute an external program
EXIT Quit Robo-FTP
FILECOMPAREFROM Compare file size and time/date stamp from FTP site
FILECOMPARETO Compare file size and time/date stamp to FTP site
FTPTOJES Enable access to JES queue on IBM host (e.g., MVS)
NATO Specify a no activity time-out
PAUSE Pause for specified length of time or until specified hour:minute
PERFORM Execute script command contained in character string or variable
RCVFILEReceive one or more files
RETURN Return from a called script file
SENDFILE Send one or more files
STOP Stops script processing or exit from the break state
SYNC Synchronize local and FTP site files

 

SQL Database Commands

DBCLOSE Close and optionally delete a database file
DBGETRESULTS Get results from a database query
DBQUERY Issue a database query
DBREWIND Reset results search to beginning
DBUSE Create and/or open a database file

 

Variable Commands

DATEADD Add days to a date variable
DATESUB Subtract days from a date variable
DATETIMEADD Add specified amount of time to the date time variable
DATETIMESUB Subtract specified amount of time from the date time variable
DEC Decrement a variable by one
INC Increment a variable by one
SET Assign or concatenate string variable(s)
SETEXTRACT Extract delimited substring from a string
SETLEFT Extract left substring
SETLEN Assign length of specified string to a variable
SETMID Extract mid substring
SETNUM Assign or evaluate numeric variable(s)
SETRIGHT Extract right substring
SETSUBSTR Find number of substrings in string

 

User Interface Commands

ASK Display a question in a Yes/No dialog box
BROWSE Display a pop-up open file dialog box
FTPCLIENT Activate the Robo-FTP client applet
MESSAGEBOX Display text in message box
PLAYSOUND Play a sound (.wav) file
PRESSANYKEY Suspend script execution pending a key press
PROMPT Display message box with title and prompt, and accept user input

 

Window Control Commands

MINIMIZE Minimize Robo-FTP window
RESTORE Restore minimized Robo-FTP window to original size
TRACEWIN Open/close trace log window