Hi tanstaafl!
Thanks for the tip- I removed the ftp.exe bundled in the zip file and the .bat file went to work.
It seemed to occupy itself for about 15 seconds, then claim to be finished.

Quote:
User (192.168.1.4:(none)):
230 Login okay.
fpt> cd /empeg/bin
250 "/empeg/bin" derectory changed
fpt> literal site rw
200 Okay.
ftp> put fidsift.sh
200 Okay.
150 Opening data connection.
226 Okay.
ftp: 863 bytes sent in o.ooSeconds 863000.00Kbytes/sec.
ftp> literal site chmod 755 fidsift.sh
200 Okay.
ftp> literal site exec /empeg/bin/fidsift.sh

... I waited no more than half a minute...
Didn't time it, though. It might have been merely 10 seconds. I was spacing out, thinking it might take many minutes to complete the task. I was surprised when the window continued with...

Quote:
Connection closed by remote host.
ftp> quit

C:\fidsift>
C:\fidsift>
C:\fidsift>
C:\fidsift>

I'll run it again and see what happens. I just wanted to transcribe the text before doing that.