My requirements are:<BR>.bat file scripting or schedulable<BR>ftp<BR>synching of files<BR>open source if at all possible<BR>Win xp on the client, or sending end<BR><BR>I have been using a remote ftp ...

You can write an "FTP script" and save it as a text file. Then use "ftp -s:file.txt" to execute the script. You can use the windows task manager to run that via a batch file however often you like.