[SOLVED] Transferring the Contents of a Folder Using smbclient

Dustin Cook · 03-09-2016, 08:26 AM

I have written a Shell script that moves into a directory with some binaries files present.

What I am looking to do is transfer all the files present inside this directory.

Code:

cd /home/user/binaries
smbclient //ip.address/directory$ password -W domain -U username << ENDOFMYSMBCOMMANDS
prompt
put *
exit
ENDOFMYSMBCOMMANDS

I tried to use put * to transfer all files - but this is not accepted.

The only other option I know of is to go one folder up, and use the command mput binaries - but this copies everything including the folder.

How can I modify my script to only transfer the contents of the directory?

dolphin_oracle · 03-09-2016, 09:41 AM

I just tried this here, and

mput *

will copy all the files in the current directory on the client to the directory on the server.

Dustin Cook · 03-09-2016, 10:10 AM

Thanks dolphin,

You're right! I have thought that using "mput" was for directory copying. So it never occured to move into the directory and use "mput *" to copy the contents of the directory.

All sorted now, thanks for the tip off!