windows ftp.exe

[n9mfk]

Hi All,
what wood the best command to use to upload a folder like the report
beau

[neondesertweather]

Hi beau,

Assuming you're using Windows a good program to use is MOVEit Freely from ipswitch http://www.ipswitchft.com/products/move ... index.aspx
It's a command line utility and is a great replacement for the built in FTP command.

It's fairly well documented and easy to use. After installation, I created a batch file that contains the following commands:

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@echo off
ftps -a -s:report.ftp

The -a switch starts the program in passive mode.
The -s:filename tells the program to read a script from a file, in this case report.ftp

report.ftp is located in my C:\Cumulus\Reports subdirectory and contains these commands:

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open yourwebsite.com
yourFtpUserName
yourFtpPassword
cd www/NOAA-reports
put NOAAMO0811.txt
put NOAAYR2011.txt
quit

Most of this is self explanatory. The cd command is used to change directories to the one you want your report files in.

I then use Windows task manager to run the batch file at 12:05am every day after Cumulus has updated the reports.

Hope this helps!

[n9mfk]

Hi Larry,

I was hoping to find a way around changing it every month

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put NOAAMO0811.txt

beau

[steve]

You need an 'ftp sync' utility so it just checks what files are on your PC and what are uploaded, and keeps the web site up to date.

[steve]

Like this one, perhaps: http://programmerstools.hubpages.com/hub/FTPSync

[mcrossley]

well you could create the script file dynamically...

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@echo off
echo open yourwebsite.com > temp.ftp
echo yourFtpUserName >> temp.ftp
echo yourFtpPassword >> temp.ftp
echo cd www/NOAA-reports >> temp.ftp
echo put NOAAMO%date:~-7,2%%date:~-2,2%.txt >> temp.ftp
echo put NOAAYR%date:~-4,4%.txt >> temp.ftp
echo quit >> temp.ftp
ftps -a -s:temp.ftp
del temp.ftp

Completely untested by the way! And assumes a UK date format dd/mm/yyyy in the date variable

[steve]

Don't forget that files are created up to the end of the previous day, so on the first of the month the latest monthly report is for the previous month, and on the 1st Jan the yearly report is for the previous year. In other words, you need to subtract a day from the date.

[mcrossley]

OK, a different approach then that avoids some horrible batch maths!

Use the file Archive attribute...

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@echo off
echo open yourwebsite.com > temp.ftp
echo yourFtpUserName >> temp.ftp
echo yourFtpPassword >> temp.ftp
echo cd yourWebPath/NOAA-reports >> temp.ftp
for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%a in ('dir /b/a:A NOAA*.txt') do echo put %%~a >> temp.ftp
ftps -a -s:temp.ftp
del temp.ftp
attrib -R NOAA*.txt

Oh how long ago was it we used to write batch scripts - very nostalgic
Or use a file sync utility

[n9mfk]

Hi Mark,
what is ftp.tmp
also are you using ftp.exe or some other software
thanks beau

[mcrossley]

The script is written for the utility that Larry mentioned in the second post on this thread. I'm just tweaking his script so you do not have to edit it every month and year end.

[neondesertweather]

OK, a different approach then that avoids some horrible batch maths!

Use the file Archive attribute...

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@echo off
echo open yourwebsite.com > temp.ftp
echo yourFtpUserName >> temp.ftp
echo yourFtpPassword >> temp.ftp
echo cd yourWebPath/NOAA-reports >> temp.ftp
for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%a in ('dir /b/a:A NOAA*.txt') do echo put %%~a >> temp.ftp
ftps -a -s:temp.ftp
del temp.ftp
attrib -R NOAA*.txt

Oh how long ago was it we used to write batch scripts - very nostalgic
Or use a file sync utility

It does the trick Mark!
Thanks!

[n9mfk]

Larry,
did you test that with ftps.exe if so were did you find it
thanks

[neondesertweather]

Larry,
did you test that wit ftps.exe if so were did you find it
thanks

Yes it was with ftps. You can download it here:
http://www.ipswitchft.com/products/move ... index.aspx

[n9mfk]

here are some changes this will run out side of the reports folder

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@echo off

pushd "c:\Cumulus\Reports"

echo open yourwebsite.com > temp.ftp
echo yourFtpUserName >> temp.ftp
echo yourFtpPassword >> temp.ftp
echo cd yourWebPath/NOAA-reports >> temp.ftp
for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%a in ('dir /b/a:A NOAA*.txt') do echo put %%~a >> temp.ftp
echo cd .. >> temp.ftp
echo cd data >> temp.ftp
echo put c:\cumulus\data\dayfile.txt >> temp.ftp
ftps -a -s:temp.ftp
del temp.ftp
attrib -R NOAA*.txt

popd

TIMEOUT /T 30

Beau