I found that I had to add the "-i" option (turn off interactive mode) 
to ftp in a script.  The problem is that when you do an "ls" or a 
"nlist" with output to a file, it always prompts, even if stdin is not 
a tty.

First, I think that interactive mode should default to off if stdin is 
not a tty.  Second, the current coding style surrounding that variable 
-- lots of sections of code save it, tweak it, and restore it -- is 
dangerous.  The "real" mode can remain as a global, but if it needs to 
be changed, the routines that use that value should be passed it 
explicitly.

		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb
		Full text of "Firewalls" book now at http://www.wilyhacker.com