upload a file to a ftp server from command line [Solved]

[Lobster]

Solution
sh-3.00# ftpput -v -u myusername -p mypassword webpages.charter.net / test.html

Problem (see above for solution)

I have been trying to use one of the busybox commands
to upload a file to a ftp server from a command line
(I can download OK)

this is my input

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#ftpput -v -u username -p password -P 21 ftp.server.com test3 test3

and this is what I get

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Connecting to ftp.server.com
ftpput: cmd (null)(null)
ftpput: cmd USER username
ftpput: cmd PASS password
ftpput: cmd TYPE I(null)
ftpput: cmd PASV(null)
ftpput: cmd CWD test3
ftpput: CWD error: Can't change directory to test3: No such file or directory

a new busybox is available
http://www.busybox.net/

doing a forum search and google search others seem to have difficulties too

Is there some simple thing I am missing?
. . . any other way of uploading from command line perhaps using curl?

[alienjeff]

I, too, have experienced frustration with the stripped-down and sometimes kludge-versions of apps within Busybox. This frustration is especially painful having used the "real" versions of such apps in full-sized *nix distros. There is relief to the ftp woes, Ed.

My own favorite ftp tool is lftp, a superb, full-featured cli ftp app strongly suggested to me by my guru-by-marriage, ubergeek nephew-in-law. Downloading the source and compiling went well, too. I now happily shun gftp like the plague and fiddle with scripts to automate lftp tasks.

Some related links:

an excellent lftp tutorial

lftp mail threads

To fully appreciate the power of lftp, patiently and methodically going through the tutorial linked above is advised. Set aside a wee bit of time as it's well worth it! To do otherwise, you'd be cheating yourself. lftp makes fast and efficient work of my own website maintenance.

-aj

[HairyWill]

@Lobster
As you mentioned curl, yes there is a way using curl. Gekko posted curlftpfs, the second dotpup here
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 4776#94776
Just ignore all the GUI stuff he gives an example of a command to mount a remote ftp site as a local directory.

@AlienJeff
lftp looks very interesting I think I'll have to investigate that further.

[trapster]

I use curl with the following:

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curl -T /filetouploadlocation/file.xxx ftp.wherever.com/directory/ -u user@website.com:password

[alienjeff]

Just as an example of a typical lftp session here after making a new webpage on my desktop computer and wanting to update the remote server hosting my site:

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Hit F4 key (my personal hotkey to "open console")
cd /root/ghttpd/htdocs (get into the proper directory)
lftp mywebsite (calls simple mywebsite logon script)
mirror -Rn (compares local/remote dir contents, updates remote as necessary)
bye (closes lftp session)

This could (and will) be automated further when I write a simple bash script, but you get the idea.

June 15, 2007 edit: wove in directory change in above cli sequence to script file; to wit:

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F4
lftp mywebsite
mirror -Rn
bye

Now to figure out how to script the mirror command and "auto-bye" when mirror is completed. Off to O'Reilly's "Learning the bash shell" with the ultimate goal of hitting one hotkey to update the website.

-aj

[trapster]

I just tried the ftpput and it seems to work for me with:

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sh-3.00# ftpput -v -u name@server.com -p password ftp.server.com /web/ stats
Connecting to ftp.nameofserver.com:21
ftpput: cmd (null)(null)
ftpput: cmd USER name@server.com
ftpput: cmd PASS password
ftpput: cmd TYPE I(null)
ftpput: cmd PASV(null)
ftpput: cmd CWD /web/
ftpput: cmd ALLO 1389(null)
ftpput: cmd STOR stats
ftpput: cmd (null)(null)
ftpput: cmd QUIT(null)
sh-3.00#

It seems you also need to tell it what directory you want to upload the file to

[Lobster]

Thanks guys already making progress (managed to upload a zero byte file) - well it is my idea of progress

these are the last few lines of code - and it is the last one that is opening the file(but not completing the transfer . . .

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ftpput: cmd TYPE I(null)
ftpput: cmd PASV(null)
ftpput: cmd CWD /www/ap2/
ftpput: cmd ALLO 11882(null)
ftpput: cmd STOR test3
ftpput: cmd (null)(null)

I am trying another server and persevere a little more with the busy box command. Maybe we need a newer version of BusyBox BUT that would be a major upgrade for Puppy I believe?

One potential of this command is to store configuration details with a Puppy server (for thoose without tin foil hats)

DSL I believe offer this option . . .

Update
OK I tried the Curl command on two servers (it seemed to be working) then it became slower and slower and failed
Again it created a 0 byte file on the server

[Gekko]

Why would you bother with something that obviously doesnt work? Just get lftp >_>. If you need me to package, I'll do that too. I also fail to see how this is "cutting edge."

[Gekko]

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=120701
Theres your .pet Lobster, now you have no excuse.

[kirk]

I use wput to do that. Here's the man page:

http://wput.sourceforge.net/wput.1.html


And I'll attach a binary.

[alienjeff]

Just on a whim, I tried ftpput and after arguing with either ftpput or charter.net's syntax, a successful transfer was made. Here's the syntax I used:

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sh-3.00# ftpput -v -u myusername -p mypassword webpages.charter.net / test.html

Makes me appreciate lftp that much more.

</shameless_plug>

-aj

[Gekko]

Wow, that sucks.

[Lobster]

thanks guys

thanks Kirk for that small util
got wput working using this info
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wput#Examples

I have looked at wput before - this time it worked
it seemed to hang about - may now look at the options to force a quick shutdown

[Lobster]

OK that works

ftpput -v -u myusername -p mypassword webpages.charter.net / test.html

. . . and it was fast and used Puppys existing code
(so it is my preferred solution)

[zigbert]

Does ftpput allows to transfer a directory with its files, or is it restricted to only work with one file?

[alienjeff]

HINT #1: ftpput --help
HINT #2: http://busybox.net/about.html
HINT #3: "Nothing ventured, nothing gained"

Reality check: consider core apps or lftp

-aj

[HairyWill]

Does ftpput allows to transfer a directory with its files, or is it restricted to only work with one file?

I don't think ftpput supports directories but wput does. This is what I was looking for when I wrote pftpcopy. I could probably replace much of what I did with a thin wrapper around wput. It evens supports resuming and not overwriting newer files.

[Gekko]

Lftp is just nice that you don't have to type a million things to get results and has many features in a small size.

[zigbert]

Thanks for tips

This is for Pbackup, and I don't yet have ftp-access, so Im just collecting info. Pbackup is at the moment 22kb packed, and I want to keep as small as possible. That's why I intend to use Puppy builtin packages only. If I understand it right, ftpput and curl is the only builtins that does the ftp-job ???

HairyWill has made an aproach for ftp-sync. I will not compete with his work which seems to be rather complex. I thought of a damn easy transfer of a selection of backupfiles to the server.

Sigmund

[Gekko]

if the file is compressed into a .tar.* it could be easily scripted into a GUI. All you need is the username, password, server address, port and path to file. Then it is pretty much complete. Do you want me to write a bash script you can use with the variables all set up?