phranque - 3:15 am on Nov 15, 2012 (gmt 0)

from what i've read this is not possible with the windows command line

have you read this?

Microsoft Windows XP - Ftp subcommands:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ftp.mspx?mfr=true [microsoft.com]