Cannot upload files and folders in directory via FTP in batch script

Question

I have a few folders I wish to upload to a server via FTP.

This is the folder structure:

build >
    fonts >
        - font1.ttf
        - font2.ttf
    images >
        - img1.png
        - img2.png
    javascripts >
        - script.js
    stylesheets >
        - style.css
    index.html

I have fileup.bat :

@echo off
echo user USERNAME> ftpcmd.dat
echo PASSWORD>> ftpcmd.dat
echo prompt>> ftpcmd.dat

echo cd %1>> ftpcmd.dat
echo lcd %2>>ftpcmd.dat
echo mput *.*>> ftpcmd.dat
echo quit>> ftpcmd.dat
ftp -n -s:ftpcmd.dat 123.456.78.9
del ftpcmd.dat
pause

And run_ftp.bat which is a single line, public_html/ is the destination of the files on the server and C:\Web\build is where the files are located on my PC:

fileup public_html/ C:\Web\build

The run_ftp.bat is located in C:\Web and fileup.bat is in C:\Windows so it appears in the PATH and I can run fileup in cmd.

When I run run_ftp.bat the only files that get uploaded to the server are in the root of /build, so only index.html is uploaded. The console logs: Error opening local file fonts. for each of the folders inside /build.

Here's the log:

230 OK. Current restricted directory is /
ftp> prompt
Interactive mode Off .
ftp> cd public_html/
250 OK. Current directory is /public_html
ftp> lcd C:\Web\build
Local directory now C:\Web\build.
ftp> mput *.*
Error opening local file fonts.
Error opening local file images.
200 PORT command successful
150 Connecting to port 57128
226-File successfully transferred
226 0.142 seconds (measured here), 1.78 Mbytes per second
ftp: 265174 bytes sent in 0.07Seconds 3682.97Kbytes/sec.
Error opening local file javascripts.
Error opening local file stylesheets.
200 PORT command successful
150 Connecting to port 57129
226-File successfully transferred
226 0.033 seconds (measured here), 36.90 Kbytes per second
ftp: 1229 bytes sent in 0.01Seconds 102.42Kbytes/sec.
ftp> quit
221-Goodbye. You uploaded 261 and downloaded 0 kbytes.
221 Logout.
Press any key to continue . . .

None of the files are folders inside the build folder are in use when I run the.bat file, I'm a bit stumped why none of the folders are being uploaded. I've tried replacing bin with ascii but it does nothing.

Answer 1

Windows command-line ftp.exe client does not support recursive operations.

You have to use a 3rd-party FTP client.

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For example with WinSCP you can use:

winscp.com /log=ftp.log /command ^
    "open ftp://USERNAME:PASSWORD@ftp.example.com/" ^
    "mput ""%2\*"" ""%1""" ^
    "exit"

There's a guide for converting Windows ftp.exe script to WinSCP script . Though easier is to have WinSCP GUI generate the script or batch file for you .

(I'm the author of WinSCP)