How to script FTP upload and download

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I m attempting to make a batch file to upload a file to ftp server  If I type it in manually it works fine but when i run the batch file it halts after it s connected    it says  connected to domain com   220 microsoft ftp server  User domain com  none      then nothing else  What the heck is going on here   Below is my batch file   ftp www domainhere com   user useridhere  passwordhere  put test txt  bye  pause

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Try manually     ftp www domainhere com   gt  useridhere  gt  passwordhere  gt  put test txt  gt  bye  gt  pause

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I had this same issue  and solved it with a solution similar to what Cheeso provided  above    doesn t work  says password is srequire  tried it a couple different ways    Yep  that s because FTP sessions via a command file don t require the username to be prefaced with the string  user    Drop that  and try it   Or  you could be seeing this because your FTP command file is not properly encoded  that bit me  too    That s the crappy part about generating a FTP command file at runtime   Powershell s out-file cmdlet does not have an encoding option that Windows FTP will accept  at least not one that I could find    Regardless  as doing a WebClient DownloadFile is the way to go

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I know this is an old question  but I wanted to add something to the answers already here in hopes of helping someone else   You can script the ftp command with the -s filename option  The syntax is just a list of commands to pass to the ftp shell  each terminated by a newline  This page has a nice reference to the commands that can be performed with ftp   Upload Download Entire Directory Structure  Using the normal ftp doesn t work very well when you need to have an entire directory tree copied to or from a ftp site  So you could use something like these to handle those situations   These scripts works with the Windows ftp command and allows for uploading and downloading of entire directories from a single command  This makes it pretty self reliant when using on different systems   Basically what they do is map out the directory structure to be up downloaded  dump corresponding ftp commands to a file  then execute those commands when the mapping has finished   ftpupload bat   echo off  SET FTPADDRESS  1 SET FTPUSERNAME  2 SET FTPPASSWORD  3 SET LOCALDIR   f4 SET REMOTEDIR  5  if   FTPADDRESS         goto FTP UPLOAD USAGE if   FTPUSERNAME         goto FTP UPLOAD USAGE if   FTPPASSWORD         goto FTP UPLOAD USAGE if   LOCALDIR         goto FTP UPLOAD USAGE if   REMOTEDIR         goto FTP UPLOAD USAGE   TEMP NAME set TMPFILE  TMP   RANDOM  ftpupload tmp if exist   TMPFILE   goto TEMP NAME   SET INITIALDIR  CD   echo user  FTPUSERNAME   FTPPASSWORD   gt   TMPFILE  echo bin  gt  gt   TMPFILE  echo lcd  LOCALDIR   gt  gt   TMPFILE   cd  LOCALDIR   setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion echo mkdir  REMOTEDIR   gt  gt   TMPFILE  echo cd  REMOTEDIR   gt  gt   TMPFILE  echo mput    gt  gt   TMPFILE  for  d  r   d in     do       set CURRENT DIRECTORY   d     set RELATIVE DIRECTORY  CURRENT DIRECTORY  LOCALDIR        echo mkdir   REMOTEDIR   RELATIVE DIRECTORY  1    gt  gt   TMPFILE      echo cd   REMOTEDIR   RELATIVE DIRECTORY  1    gt  gt   TMPFILE      echo mput   RELATIVE DIRECTORY  1      gt  gt   TMPFILE     echo quit  gt  gt   TMPFILE   endlocal EnableDelayedExpansion  ftp -n -i  -s  TMPFILE    FTPADDRESS   del  TMPFILE   cd  INITIALDIR   goto FTP UPLOAD EXIT   FTP UPLOAD USAGE  echo Usage  ftpupload  address   username   password   local directory   remote directory  echo    FTP UPLOAD EXIT  set INITIALDIR  set FTPADDRESS  set FTPUSERNAME  set FTPPASSWORD  set LOCALDIR  set REMOTEDIR  set TMPFILE  set CURRENT DIRECTORY  set RELATIVE DIRECTORY    echo on   ftpget bat   echo off  SET FTPADDRESS  1 SET FTPUSERNAME  2 SET FTPPASSWORD  3 SET LOCALDIR   f4 SET REMOTEDIR  5 SET REMOTEFILE  6  if   FTPADDRESS         goto FTP UPLOAD USAGE if   FTPUSERNAME         goto FTP UPLOAD USAGE if   FTPPASSWORD         goto FTP UPLOAD USAGE if   LOCALDIR         goto FTP UPLOAD USAGE if not defined REMOTEDIR goto FTP UPLOAD USAGE if not defined REMOTEFILE goto FTP UPLOAD USAGE   TEMP NAME set TMPFILE  TMP   RANDOM  ftpupload tmp if exist   TMPFILE   goto TEMP NAME   echo user  FTPUSERNAME   FTPPASSWORD   gt   TMPFILE  echo bin  gt  gt   TMPFILE  echo lcd  LOCALDIR   gt  gt   TMPFILE   echo cd   REMOTEDIR    gt  gt   TMPFILE  echo mget   REMOTEFILE    gt  gt   TMPFILE  echo quit  gt  gt   TMPFILE   ftp -n -i  -s  TMPFILE    FTPADDRESS   del  TMPFILE   goto FTP UPLOAD EXIT   FTP UPLOAD USAGE  echo Usage  ftpget  address   username   password   local directory   remote directory   remote file pattern  echo    FTP UPLOAD EXIT  set FTPADDRESS  set FTPUSERNAME  set FTPPASSWORD  set LOCALDIR  set REMOTEFILE  set REMOTEDIR  set TMPFILE  set CURRENT DIRECTORY  set RELATIVE DIRECTORY    echo on

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I ve done this with PowerShell   function DownloadFromFtp  destination   ftp uri   user   pass        dirs   GetDirecoryTree  ftp uri  user  pass      foreach  dir in  dirs           path    io path   Combine  destination  dir          if   Test-Path  path  -eq  false               Creating  path                New-Item -Path  path -ItemType Directory   Out-Null         else             Exists  path                           files   GetFilesTree  ftp uri  user  pass      foreach  file in  files            source    io path   Combine  ftp uri  file           dest    io path   Combine  destination  file            Downloading  source              Get-FTPFile  source  dest  user  pass          function UploadToFtp  artifacts   ftp uri   user   pass        webclient   New-Object System Net WebClient       webclient Credentials   New-Object System Net NetworkCredential  user  pass         foreach  item in Get-ChildItem -recurse  artifacts              relpath    system io path   GetFullPath  item FullName  SubString  system io path   GetFullPath  artifacts  Length   1           if   item Attributes -eq  Directory                 try                  Write-Host Creating  item Name                   makeDirectory    System Net WebRequest   Create  ftp uri  relpath                    makeDirectory Credentials   New-Object System Net NetworkCredential  user  pass                    makeDirectory Method    System Net WebRequestMethods FTP   MakeDirectory                   makeDirectory GetResponse                  catch  Net WebException                    Write-Host  item Name probably exists                                continue                      Uploading  item              uri   New-Object System Uri  ftp uri  relpath            webclient UploadFile  uri   item FullName            function Get-FTPFile   Source  Target  UserName  Password             ftprequest    System Net FtpWebRequest   create  Source         ftprequest Credentials   New-Object System Net NetworkCredential  username  password         ftprequest Method    System Net WebRequestMethods Ftp   DownloadFile        ftprequest UseBinary    true        ftprequest KeepAlive    false         ftpresponse    ftprequest GetResponse          responsestream    ftpresponse GetResponseStream           targetfile   New-Object IO FileStream   Target  IO FileMode   Create         byte    readbuffer   New-Object byte   1024        do             readlength    responsestream Read  readbuffer 0 1024             targetfile Write  readbuffer 0  readlength                while   readlength -ne 0          targetfile close          task ListFiles              files   GetFilesTree  ftp   127 0 0 1    web   web        files   ForEach-Object  Write-Host    -foregroundcolor cyan      function GetDirecoryTree  ftp   user   pass        creds   New-Object System Net NetworkCredential  user  pass        files   New-Object  system collections generic list string        folders   New-Object  system collections generic queue string        folders Enqueue  ftp       while  folders Count -gt 0            fld    folders Dequeue             newFiles   GetAllFiles  creds  fld          dirs   GetDirectories  creds  fld          foreach   line in  dirs                dir      newFiles   Where    line EndsWith        0               void  newFiles Remove  dir               folders Enqueue  fld    dir                      void  files Add  fld Replace  ftp         dir                             return   files    function GetFilesTree  ftp   user   pass        creds   New-Object System Net NetworkCredential  user  pass        files   New-Object  system collections generic list string        folders   New-Object  system collections generic queue string        folders Enqueue  ftp       while  folders Count -gt 0            fld    folders Dequeue             newFiles   GetAllFiles  creds  fld          dirs   GetDirectories  creds  fld          foreach   line in  dirs                dir      newFiles   Where    line EndsWith        0               void  newFiles Remove  dir               folders Enqueue  fld    dir                            newFiles   ForEach-Object                 files Add  fld Replace  ftp                                  return   files    function GetDirectories  creds   fld        dirs   New-Object  system collections generic list string         operation    System Net WebRequestMethods Ftp   ListDirectoryDetails      reader   GetStream  creds  fld  operation     while    line    reader ReadLine    -ne  null            if   line Trim   ToLower   StartsWith  d   -or  line Contains    lt DIR gt                     void  dirs Add  line                       reader Dispose         return   dirs    function GetAllFiles  creds   fld        newFiles   New-Object  system collections generic list string        operation    System Net WebRequestMethods Ftp   ListDirectory       reader   GetStream  creds  fld  operation      while    line    reader ReadLine    -ne  null            void  newFiles Add  line Trim                reader Dispose         return   newFiles    function GetStream  creds   url   meth         ftp    System Net WebRequest   Create  url       ftp Credentials    creds      ftp Method    meth      response    ftp GetResponse        return New-Object IO StreamReader  response GetResponseStream      Export-ModuleMember UploadToFtp  DownLoadFromFtp

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It s a reasonable idea to want to script an FTP session the way the original poster imagined  and that is the kind of thing Expect would help with  Batch files on Windows cannot do this    But rather than doing cURL or Expect  you may find it easier to script the FTP interaction with Powershell   It s a different model  in that you are not directly scripting the text to send to the FTP server   Instead you will use Powershell to manipulate objects that generate the FTP dialogue for you     Upload     File    D  Dev somefilename zip   ftp    ftp   username password example com pub incoming somefilename zip    ftp url   ftp    webclient   New-Object System Net WebClient  uri   New-Object System Uri  ftp    Uploading  File       webclient UploadFile  uri   File    Download    File    c  store somefilename zip   ftp    ftp   username password example com pub outbound somefilename zip    ftp url   ftp    webclient   New-Object System Net WebClient  uri   New-Object System Uri  ftp    Downloading  File       webclient DownloadFile  uri   File    You need Powershell to do this   If you are not aware  Powershell is a shell like cmd exe which runs your  bat files   But Powershell runs  ps1 files  and is quite a bit more powerful   Powershell is a free add-on to Windows and will be built-in to future versions of Windows  Get it here    Source  http   poshcode org 1134

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This script generates the command file then pipes the command file to the ftp program  creating a log along the way  Finally print the original bat file  the command files and the log of this session    echo on  echo off  gt   0 ftp      GETmy dir bat  gt  gt   0 ftp echo a00002t  gt  gt   0 ftp echo iasdad 2  gt  gt   0 ftp echo help  gt  gt   0 ftp echo prompt  gt  gt   0 ftp echo ascii  gt  gt   0 ftp echo  dir REPORT CP1C ROLLEDUP TXT  gt  gt   0 ftp echo get REPORT CP1C ROLLEDUP TXT  gt  gt   0 ftp echo  dir REPORT CP1C ROLLEDUP TXT  gt  gt   0 ftp echo                                                       gt  gt   0 ftp echo  dir CONTENT CP1C ROLLEDUP TXT  gt  gt   0 ftp echo get CONTENT CP1C ROLLEDUP TXT  gt  gt   0 ftp echo  dir CONTENT CP1C ROLLEDUP TXT  gt  gt   0 ftp echo                                                       gt  gt   0 ftp echo  dir WORKLOAD CP1c ROLLEDUP TXT  gt  gt   0 ftp echo get WORKLOAD CP1C ROLLEDUP TXT  gt  gt   0 ftp echo  dir WORKLOAD CP1C ROLLEDUP TXT  gt  gt   0 ftp echo                                                       gt  gt   0 ftp echo  dir REPORT TMMC ROLLEDUP TXT  gt  gt   0 ftp echo get REPORT TMMC ROLLEDUP TXT  gt  gt   0 ftp echo  dir REPORT TMMC ROLLEDUP TXT  gt  gt   0 ftp echo                                                       gt  gt   0 ftp echo  dir CONTENT TMMC ROLLEDUP TXT  gt  gt   0 ftp echo get CONTENT TMMC ROLLEDUP TXT  gt  gt   0 ftp echo  dir CONTENT TMMC ROLLEDUP TXT  gt  gt   0 ftp echo                                                        gt  gt   0 ftp echo  dir WORKLOAD TMMC ROLLEDUP TXT  gt  gt   0 ftp echo get WORKLOAD TMMC ROLLEDUP TXT  gt  gt   0 ftp echo  dir WORKLOAD TMMC ROLLEDUP TXT  gt  gt   0 ftp echo quit ftp -d -v -s  0 ftp 150 45 12 18  gt   0 log type  0 bat  type  0 ftp  type  0 log

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I was having a similar issue - like the original poster  I wanted to automate a file upload but I couldn t figure out how  Because this is on a register terminal at my family s store  I didn t want to install powershell  although that looks like an easy option   just wanted a simple  bat file to do this  This is pretty much what grawity and another user said  I m new to this stuff  so here s a more detailed example and explanation  thanks also to http   www howtogeek com howto windows how-to-automate-ftp-uploads-from-the-windows-command-line  who explains how to do it with just one  bat file    Essentially you need 2 files - one  bat and one  txt  The  bat tells ftp exe what switches to use  The  txt gives a list of commands to ftp exe  In the text file put this   username password cd whereverYouWantToPutTheFile lcd whereverTheFileComesFrom put C  InventoryExport inventory test  or your file path  bye   Save that wherever you want   In the BAT file put   ftp exe -s C  Windows System32 test txt destinationIP pause   Obviously change the path after the -s  to wherever your text file is  Take out the pause when you re actually running it - it s just so you can see any errors  Of course  you can use  get  or any other ftp command in the  txt file to do whatever you need to do   I m not positive that you need the lcd command in the text file  like I said I m new to using command line for this type of thing  but this is working for me

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Batch files don t work that way  They don t just  type  everything - they run system commands  in this case ftp  wait for them to return  and run the next command    so in this case  the interpreter is simply waiting for ftp to exit   If you must use the ftp command  then prepare a script file  for example  commands txt and run ftp -s commands txt   But using cURL  or a PHP Perl Python whatever script may be a better idea

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Create a command file with your commands  ie  commands txt  open www domainhere com user useridhere  passwordhere put test txt bye   Then run the FTP client from the command line  ftp -s commands txt  Note  This will work for the Windows FTP client   Edit  Should have had a linebreak after the user name before the password

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