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Asked: 2011-06-21 06:36:03 +0800 CST

How to automate FTPS uploads from the Windows Command Line

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I'm looking for a batch script to automate the upload of MULTIPLE files at a time to an external ftps site (ftps://servername.xxxx.com).The files are located in a folder on a Windows Server 2008 system.If possible the batch script also needs to check if the files don't already exist in the remote folder to avoid overwrite. Many thanks.

scripting upload ftps batch automated

3 Answers

  1. WinSCP has a batch/script interface. The synchronize command appears to do what you want.

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  2. I would write yourself a small (less than 50 line) Java program using Apache Commmons Net utilities and then start that process in your batch file. This is the way I do it, although I currently do it via HTTPS protocol, FTPS should be doable without too much of a problem.

    If it helps, and you need a rough example of this KIND of thing, I posted a blog post with my code at: http://djangofan.blogsite.org/wordpress/?p=12

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  3. The easiest and most reliable way to do this on Windows is with a commercial automated FTP tool like Robo-FTP (https://www.robo-ftp.com).

    FTPLOGON "mysite"
SENDFILE "*" /ifnewer
FTPLOGOFF

    That would upload all files, skipping any files that already exist on the server and are not newer than the local copy.

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