I'm using ncftpput to upload local file in my Linux server to FTP. Is there any way to do the same but move files\directories withing the FTP? As I've mentioned in the title?
I do aware for the solution of "ncftp rename" but it's not good for me as I can't use it in the my bash scripts.
ncftpput is great for upload local files but it's not supporting moving\coping files from remote-dir to remote-dir.
If you have any equivalent\alternatives for ncftpput please share.
Thanks in advance, EddieM
Unless there is a reason that you didn't disclose, for using ncftp instead of plain ftp, you can do this by using the plain old ftp in a script, as such:
#!/bin/bash HOST='some.host.name.com' USER='username' PASSWD='password' SOURCE='/home/username/file.ext' TARGET='/var/tmp/file.ext' ftp $HOST <<EOC user $USER $PASSWD rename $SOURCE $TARGET quit EOC # go on with your bash script from this point on You can take advantage of Fuse
Create 2 fuse directory endpoints based both on an ftp connection and then do regular copy commands or something more complex.
Assume you are using a distro based on apt (but is the same with yum, and so on..)
Install the curlftpfs package:
apt-get install curlftpfs Create a directory linked to the ftp:
mkdir /mnt/ftp1 Do the same for the second one:
mkdir /mnt/ftp2 Connect to the host1 and host2:
curlftpfs user1:pass1@host1 /mnt/ftp1 curlftpfs user2:pass2@host2 /mnt/ftp2 Do a simple copy command
cp -R /mnt/ftp1/somedir /mnt/ftp2 When you have finished you can simply unmount the 2 mounts
umount /mnt/ftp1 umount /mnt/ftp2 Remarks:
This solution use plain ftp, if you want to take extra advantage of encryption you can use ftps with equivalent commands or in case of shell ftp sftp, but you said that one machine is windows so unless using something like cygwin I guess sftp is out of question.
ftpor can you connect usingsshas well ?