Resuming FTP transfers on command-line

Mankind75 · 04-19-2004, 02:29 PM

Hello,

I am looking for a way to transfer files and folders using the ftp command on the command line. The idea is to drop the files to be transferred into one 'outgoing' directory from where they are to be sent to multiple destinations. I am planning to write a script to automate this but I was wondering if FTP transfers can be resumed should a connection break.

Thanks,

Mkd

EyesOnly · 04-19-2004, 02:36 PM

ncftp can do this
check the man-page, or the website for the details

Mankind75 · 04-20-2004, 04:12 AM

I have seen ncftp and I think I will be using that one. One more thing: Does anybody know how to do 'batch uploads' to multiple remote sites? Are there any scripts available?

InEeDhElPlInUx · 04-20-2004, 08:34 AM

You can us wget ftp://xxxx. Then to resuem you can just use -r

Mankind75 · 04-20-2004, 10:12 AM

Thanks for the info, but AFAIK wget is mainly for downloads. Does anybody know a solution for uploads as well.

Thanks,

Mkd

comp12345 · 04-20-2004, 02:23 PM

You could try using curl

curl -T file_to_upload ftp://address -u username:password -C -

The "-C -" is to automatically resume. This may not work if the ftp server does not support the SIZE command.

Mankind75 · 04-22-2004, 04:56 AM

I see how it works. But it's mainly that I come to tranferring folders to multiple destinations. Can curl transfer folders as well?

Mankind75 · 04-23-2004, 10:08 AM

Hi everybody, I found a solution which helped to speed up my workflow a bit:

I am using ncftpput and I have written several configuration files with login details.

ncftpput -f [configuration file] -mVz [remote dir] [local dir]/* &

See if I can make a script out of this.