FTP automation from the commandline

Hi,
When I use ftp://ipaddress then I can connect but I can't do automation (since I'm using the url) But if I don't use the URL it won't connect even if I use ipaddress:portnumber. How does winscp know what protocol to use when not using the url prefix?

Cheers,
Rhys

it uses sftp by default

When I use ftp://ipaddress then I can connect but I can't do automation (since I'm using the url) But if I don't use the URL it won't connect even if I use ipaddress:portnumber. How does winscp know what protocol to use when not using the url prefix?

You can use the URL prefix in "open" command in script (what is preferred anyway) instead of opening session from command line.

Excellent! Thank you :)