Upload the whole directory with FTP from the command line

Question

I've got this .bat file:

ftp -s:commands.txt

File commands.txt:

open www.domain.nl
username
password
cd path/to/upload/to/
prompt

How can I now upload the folder where I ran the .bat to the server? It doesn't really matter if upload.bat and commands.txt get uploaded too.

Solution 1

You would use mput *.* (multiple put).

You may need to use lcd (local change directory), but not likely. I believe it defaults to the folder the command is run from.

Here is a list of commands you can use.

Solution 2

I'm not sure that the underlying FTP protocol provides for a recursive transfer of a directory. Your best bet is to zip it, send it, and then unzip the directory at the remote location.

Comments

[summea]

Note: Depending on how you are using FTP, it might be a good idea to find alternatives to FTP at some point...

[Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007]

Also see: How do I FTP multiple files from the command line?

[Jonan]

I just tested this, and it works fine for all the files directly in the current directory. However, it gives an error for subdirectories. How can I get this to work?

[Jonan]

could I also automatically zip the folder? and how could I unzip it on the server?

[Keltari]

unfortunately, with the Windows FTP client, you cant. You would have to use a 3rd party FTP program such as NcFTP - ncftp.com