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Lobster · Last edited by Lobster on Thu 07 Jun 2007, 05:08; edited 1 time in total

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

alienjeff · Joined: 08 Jul 2006 Posts: 2291 Location: Winsted, CT - USA

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 · Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 2946 Location: Southampton, UK

@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.php?p=94776#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 · Joined: 28 Nov 2005 Posts: 2106 Location: Maine, USA

I use curl with the following:

alienjeff · Joined: 08 Jul 2006 Posts: 2291 Location: Winsted, CT - USA

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:

trapster · Joined: 28 Nov 2005 Posts: 2106 Location: Maine, USA

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

Lobster · Posted: Tue 05 Jun 2007, 00:53 Post subject:

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 . . .

Gekko · Posted: Tue 05 Jun 2007, 01:04 Post subject:

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 · Posted: Tue 05 Jun 2007, 03:34 Post subject:

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

kirk · Joined: 11 Nov 2005 Posts: 1518 Location: florida

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 · Joined: 08 Jul 2006 Posts: 2291 Location: Winsted, CT - USA

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:

Gekko · Posted: Tue 05 Jun 2007, 22:37 Post subject:

Wow, that sucks.

Lobster · Posted: Tue 05 Jun 2007, 22:52 Post subject:

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

Smile

Lobster · Posted: Thu 07 Jun 2007, 08:37 Post subject:

OK that works Smile

zigbert · Joined: 29 Mar 2006 Posts: 6541 Location: Valåmoen, Norway

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