FTP and batch files

Fing

Folks

Seeing as I'm not that adept at writing batch files, could someone volunteer a solution for the following:

A batch file that connects to an ftp server, supplies a password and username,Change dir and then PUT a file in the current path..

Any help appreciated.

Fing

Kali

you cant do that with DOS ftp.
your stuck with something like wsftp unfortunaly..
which is obviously not what you want.

however it can be done quite easily with perl.. although ive never used the Net::FTP modules on a windows machine before

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http://www.calweb.com/~webspace/batch/samples/ftp.script.txt

should help

Hobbes

Originally posted by Kali:
you cant do that with DOS ftp.
your stuck with something like wsftp unfortunaly..
which is obviously not what you want.

Actually batch files can do that, and ws_FTP is extremly handy.

If your just using the DOS FTP command you can pipe the commands from a text file.

something like..

FTP server < commands.txt

Commands.txt would contain for example..
username
password
binary
cd /uploads
put filename.txt
quit


However I recommend getting WS_FTP. You can use command line options with it (it's in the help). That way you can set up the server and send the stuff no problem.

Also I recommend getting... AUTOMATE4
http://www.unisyn.com/

It has automation for FTP and other stuff. I use it all the time and it's made life a heck of a lot easier.

Hobbes

I use a combination of Automate.

This has a built in scheduler based on certain conditions (eg. After a certain time or a file appears in a directory).

Once it kicks off it grabs the files, zips them up and creates a batch file which spawns multiple copies of WSFTP when sending.

I orginally had DOS FTP but you have better control over whats sending with WSFTP Pro. Plus you get % bars.

Kali

well **** me sideways with an extra large happy meal... nice link deranged

hmm batch files. hmm. hmmmmmmmm.

Ken.. learning is fun!

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Fing

Cheers for the info lads. Anyone know if you can use wildcards with the FTP PUT command?

Fing

Kali

use MPUT for wildcards.

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