Using FTPPutFile for an IP address

jackiesturner · Post by **jackiesturner** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 6:00 pm

I'm not sure how the command line should read if I'm sending a file to an IP address instead of an HTTP URL. Also, I can't seem to find out from my vendor what the port should be. Do I really need it? How do I exlude it? The command I have (that isn't working) is

FTPPutFile>ftp.11.11.111.111,my login name,my password,21,z:\trac_upload\trac_export.csv,/inbox/trac_upload.csv,A

I didn't include the ftp address, my login or password. Hope you can still figure it out. Thanks to anyone that can help 'cuz this is driving me absolutely bonkers!

Post by **Marcus Tettmar** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 6:04 pm

Hi,

The FTP commands accept an FTP server address OR IP address (not a URL). And the port number is nearly always 21 for FTP. So to use an IP address just do:

FTPPutFile>123.123.123.123,Username,Password,21,Local_File,Host_File,A

Last parameter should be A for Ascii, I for binary transfer.

jackiesturner · Post by **jackiesturner** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 4:13 pm

I am SO CLOSE to getting this darn thing to work! I believe I have the code almost right.

FTPPutFile>11.11.111.111,my loginname, my password,21,z:\trac_updates\trac_export.csv,/inbox/trac_upload.csv,A
Messagemodal>ftp_result

With ftp_result, I get the message "550 /inbox/trac_upload.csv: The system cannot find the path specified."

Any idea on what I'm doing wrong now? It looks like maybe the ftp command isn't seeing the sub-folder...

Me_again · Post by **Me_again** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:39 pm

Try it without the slash before the remote directory:

FTPPutFile>11.11.111.111,my loginname, my password,21,z:\trac_updates\trac_export.csv,inbox/trac_upload.csv,A
Messagemodal>ftp_result

Or you may need more levels of directory because inbox is more than one level below where you land when you login to the server.

jackiesturner · Post by **jackiesturner** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:43 pm

That appears to have worked, but I'm getting an error with the following text:

500 Control connection closed. Connection aborted (Winsock error #10053)

I think, though, that it's not affecting my ftp. Any thoughts?

Me_again · Post by **Me_again** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 10:43 pm

Is the uploaded file there?

Are you using Passive? If not I would give that a try.

Let>FTP_PASSIVE=1