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How can I pass a password in when using URLs as the source and destination for a transfer?

Passwords can be passed in to Aftpcl.exe or Sfxcl.exe directly.

Download from remote host:

SFXCL sftp://[<user>[:<password>]@]<host address>[:<port>]/<source path> <destination path>

Upload to remote host:

SFXCL <source path> sftp://[<user>[:<password>]@]<host address>[:<port>]/<destination path>

So for instance, the following would be a valid command line:

SFXCL sftp://username:password@someplace.net/pub c:\temp

If the password has to contain the "@" character (for example, when you are logging on as anonymous) you must enter it as the HEX equivalent (%40) or else AFTPCL/SFXCL will not accept it:

AFTPCL ftp://anonymous:guest%40domain.com@ftp.vandyke.com/pub/crt/ntcrt342.exe c:\temp