How to command line ftp upload

COMMAND LINE FTP UPLOAD INSTRUCTIONS:

Command Line Ftp Uploader Options:

• host
  Ftp Server url or IP address. e.g. --host www.yourdomain.com or --host 218.73.15.16

• username
  Your user name. e.g. --username david

• password
  Login password. e.g. --password d1daksfjvid

• remote
  Remote folder upload to. e.g. --remote "public_html"

• local
  Local folder to upload. e.g. --local "D:\my document\"

• recurse
  Set --recurse true to recurse through subdirectories. set --recurse false (default) to upload files under local only.

• include
  Wildcard files include filter, separated by |, e.g. upload .jpg and .gif pictures only: --include "*.jpg|*.gif"

• exclude
  Wildcard files exclude filter. If you don’t want to upload .zip files, just set --exclude "*.zip"

• lsize (since version 9.06.22)
  transfer files that size less than 1MB(1024KB):
  

    --lsize 1024
  

• gsize (since version 9.06.22)
  transfer the files large than 100KB:
  

    --gsize 100
  

• lmodified (since version 9.06.22)
  transfer the files modified within 30 minutes:
  

    --lmodified 30
  

• gmodified (since version 9.06.22)
  transfer the files modified more than 1 day (1440 minutes) ago:
  

    --gmodified 1440
  

• maxfiles (since version 9.06.22)
  Specifies the maximum number of files to find.
  

    --maxfiles 10
  

• maxfolders (since version 9.06.22)
  Specifies the maximum number of folders to find.
  

    --maxfolders 10
  

• overwrite (since version 9.06.22)
  replaces destination regardless of its size(default):
  

    --overwrite true  
  

  replaces destination when size different:
  

  --overwrite false
  

• encoding (since version 9.06.22)
  choose the encoding of ftp server
  

  1. the ansi code page(default): --encoding 0

  2. UTF-8 translation(auto detected): --encoding 65001

  3. Russian: --encoding 1251

  4. Japanese: --encoding 932

  5. Simplified Chinese: --encoding 936

  More details about Code Page, please visit: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb964653.aspx

• image (since version 9.06.22)
  Image(Binary) transfer type(default):
  

    --image true
  

  ASCII(Text) transfer type:
  

  --image false
  

• passive
  Use Passive FTP (default): --passive true
  Use Active FTP: --passive false

• help
  Output help message. e.g. FtpUpload --help

• just print (since version 9.04.18)
  Print all parameters, not execute them. e.g. --justPrint true

• version (since version 9.04.18)
  Output version message. e.g. FtpUpload --version

• man (since version 9.04.18)
  Open web browser on manual page e.g. FtpUpload --man

• home (since version 9.06.03)
  Open web browser on home page: FtpUpload --home

• exit (since version 9.04.18)
  To exit program, type “exit” at the prompt: FtpUpload --exit

• log (since version 9.04.27)
  Open Ftp Upload log file: FtpUpload --log

How to upload directory or file from command line:

Please Note: Parameters that include spaces must be enclosed in quotes

1. Upload all files:

   FtpUpload --host www.mydomain.com --username david --password mypassword --remote "public_html" --local "D:\my documents\my musics\"

2. Upload one file, e.g. love.mp3:

   FtpUpload --include "*\love.mp3" --host www.mydomain.com --username david --password mypassword --remote "/home/david/backup/" --local "D:\my documents\my musics\"

3. Upload all *.mp3 files:

   FtpUpload --include "*.mp3" --host www.mydomain.com --username david --password mypassword --remote "backup" --local "D:\my documents\my musics\"

4. Upload all files, but private and test folders are excluded:

   FtpUpload --exclude "*\private\*|*\test\*" --recurse true --host www.mydomain.com --username david --password mypassword --remote "/home/david/backup/" --local "D:\my_documents\"

5. Upload files that size large than 500KB:

   FtpUpload --gsize 500 --host www.mydomain.com --username david --password mypassword --local "D:\my_documents\"

6. Upload files that size less than 10MB(10240KB):

   FtpUpload --lsize 10240 --host www.mydomain.com --username david --password mypassword --local "D:\my_documents\"

7. Upload the files modified within 2 hours (120 minutes):

   FtpUpload --lmodified 120 --host www.mydomain.com --username david --password mypassword --local "D:\my_documents\"

8. Upload the files modified more than 10 days(14400minutes) ago and file size large than 1MB(1024KB):

   FtpUpload --gmodified 14400 --gsize 1024 --host www.mydomain.com --username david --password mypassword --local "D:\my_documents\"

9. Just Print all parameters, but not actually execute them:

   FtpUpload --justPrint true --host www.mydomain.com --username david --password mypassword --local "D:\my_documents\"

10. Use Passive FTP (default):

    FtpUpload --passive true --host www.mydomain.com --username david --password mypassword --local "D:\my_documents\"

11. Use Active FTP:

    FtpUpload --passive false --host www.mydomain.com --username david --password mypassword --local "D:\my_documents\"

12. Compress files to ZIP for uploads (Since Version 9.09.28):

    FtpUpload --compress files.zip --host www.mydomain.com --username david --password mypassword --local "D:\my_documents\"

13. Read arguments from cmdfile

    first, create a text file contains arguments and put it into software install directory, each line is identified by a line feed or carriage return and line feed combination. for example: cmdfile.txt:

    --host
    72.11.93.10
    --username
    myname
    --password
    mypassword
    --remote 
    /home/backup/today/
    --local
    C:\My Documents\My music\
    --include
    *.mp3
    --exclude
    *\private\*|*\test\*
    --lmodified
    60
    --gsize
    1024
    --passive
    true
    --recurse
    true
    

    second, call from any software:
    

    FtpUpload @cmdfile.txt
    

    Or run from command line ftp upload prompt:
    

    FtpUpload> @cmdfile.txt
    

    with full path(Path that include spaces must be enclosed in quotes):

    FtpUpload "@D:\my path\cmdfile.txt"
    

14. Overwrite settings (since version 9.05.06) :
    

    FtpUpload> @cmdfile.txt --justPrint true --include "*.exe"
    

Ftp Upload Software Wildcard include and exclude filter syntax:

You can include this option several times ( separated by | ) to specify specific patterns which are to be included in the file path. Once you specify one pattern you exclude all files not matching at least one of the patterns. The case be useful for restricting the types of files to be backup.