Automate FTP Uploads Using Commandline

[prashanthpai]

Here's an an example. Consider that you need to automate uploading any file(s) to your site, say raymond.cc
You'll require this if you need to update the same file(s) very frequently.

1.
Open notepad and type the following and save it as "upload.ftp". You can save it with any name and any extension.
Don't save it as txt file. It works perfectly but others can open and see the ftp username and password easily.

open raymond.cc
username
password
cd public_html/downloads
put C:\MySite\go.exe
bye

* First line will make connection to ftp server at raymond.cc.
* Dont't forget to replace raymond.cc with your site or IP.
* Enter you ftp username and password in second and third line respectively.
* Next is you've got type the path on your server where you need to upload the files. When you login to ftp, usually you are in the root direcrory or "\". In case of linux(like cPanel) the path would be public_html and in case of windows(like Plesk), path will be httpdocs.
* The put command uploads the file. You need to give the full path of the file to upload.
* In the last line, bye command terminates the ftp session.

2.
Next you need to create a batch file in the same directory where you've created "upload.ftp". Open notepad and type the following code. Save it with any name with .bat extension like "Auto_FTP.bat"

@echo off
ftp -s:"upload.ftp" >> ftplog.log

The above batch script will tell ftp utility to load the commands from the file "upload.ftp". To check the file transaction, a log file named "ftplog.log" is created. You can remove " >> ftplog.log" from the script if you don't want the log file.

3.
Run the Auto_FTP.bat. Your file will be uploaded to the destination folder on your site

Note: If you want to upload multiple files, you need to change the "upload.ftp" file code as

open raymond.cc
username
password
cd public_html/downloads
mput C:\MySite\*.exe
bye

Note the mput command instead of put. Change the batch script as

@echo off
ftp -i -s:"upload.ftp" >> ftplog.log

Note the extra -i switch in the above code. This will upload all files from C:\MySite having .exe extension.

Enjoy

[HafidMF]

Salam mas Ray...

Singkat saja... untuk online saya make pc platform linux, dan kadang saya upload file ke hosting, karena saya gak punya akses root, jd saya gak bisa install ftp. Nah, setelah membaca artikel ini, saya mo tanya, bagaimana implementasi untuk platform linux...

Mohon bantuannya... terima kasih.

[Alboguy]

You must wright in english pal and you should not bump old threads. Thread closed. If you need help related to this topic start a new thread or PM me and I'll re-open it again. Thank You!