[thelist] wscript.shell in ASP page

[Joel D Canfield]

This is driving me mad. Why does this work in an ASP page:

  <%
  Dim wshell, intReturn
  set wshell = server.createobject("wscript.shell")
  intReturn = wshell.run("%comspec% /c dir *.* > c:\test.txt", 0, True)
  Response.Write( intReturn )
  set wshell = nothing
  %>

and this does not?

  <%
  Dim wshell, intReturn
  set wshell = server.createobject("wscript.shell")
  intReturn = wshell.run("%comspec% /c ftp.exe
-s:c:\inetpub\wwwroot\it\shelltest\test.ftp", 0, True)
  Response.Write( intReturn )
  set wshell = nothing
  %>

The command itself 

  %comspec% /c ftp.exe -s:c:\inetpub\wwwroot\it\shelltest\test.ftp

works from a DOS prompt on the server. All files are in the same
directory on a Win2K server. Permissions are set to force basic
authentication; I'm logging in as a network administrator which is in
the local admin group as well.

I could swear I had this working three months ago when I got pulled off
the project, and now that I'm back, it's just as maddening as the first
go 'round.

thanks

joel