What's the best way to automate secure FTP in PowerShell?

Question

I\'d like to automate the FTP download of a database backup file using PowerShell. The file name includes the date so I can\'t just run the same FTP script every day. Is t

Answer 1

The JAMS Job Scheduler offers some cmdlets that would make this task simple. It has a variety of FTP cmdlets for secure sessions as well as date cmdlets for converting natural dates into .Net date objects such as "Last day of month":

JAMS Job Scheduler Cmdlets