FTP upload Script a little off

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#1

Hey Guys,

Found this script to upload files from a folder. I added my info and ran it, but I’m getting a shell error, and I don’t know what it means.


set these_files to POSIX path of (path to movies folder) & "myfolder/"
set ftp_path to "/httpdocs/autouploads"
set ftp_name to "mylogin" -->(which I added)
set ftp_pw to "mypassword" -->(which I added)
set ftp_server to "[url=ftp://ftp.mysite.com]ftp.mysite.com[/url]" -->(which I added)

repeat with this_file in these_files
	set thisPOSIXfile to quoted form of POSIX path of these_files
	set shellscript to "curl -u " & ftp_name & ":" & ftp_pw & " -T " & thisPOSIXfile & " " & ¬
		ftp_server & ""
	do shell script shellscript
end repeat

got the following:

[i] % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:–:-- --:–:-- --:–:-- 0
curl: (3) Uploading to a URL without a file name![/i]

#2

the error message is quite clear.
You’re going to upload a file to an URL (ftp.mysite.com) but without specifying a filename.

You have to concatenate the URL ftp_server, ftp_path and the name of the file

#3

I’m not too clear on shell script, but in looking at it, isn’t that what it’s doing after I set all the variables above?

#4

the variable these_files is set to the MyFolder, which has all the files I want to upload. So when the the repeat command is implemented, shouldn’t the file name be the name of the file it’s grabbing from the folder?

#5

you need something like this


set myFolder to ((path to movies folder as text) & "myfolder:")
set ftp_path to "/httpdocs/autouploads/"
set ftp_name to "mylogin" -->(which I added)
set ftp_pw to "mypassword" -->(which I added)
set ftp_server to "[url=ftp://ftp.mysite.com]ftp.mysite.com[/url]" -->(which I added)

tell application "Finder" to set these_files to files of folder myFolder
repeat with this_file in these_files
	set fileURL to quoted form of (ftp_server & ftp_path & name of (info for (this_file as alias)))
	set thisPOSIXfile to quoted form of POSIX path of (this_file as alias)
	set shellscript to "curl -u " & ftp_name & ":" & ftp_pw & " -T " & thisPOSIXfile & " " & fileURL
	do shell script shellscript
end repeat
#6

That worked.

I see what you did now. I just didn’t realize you would need finder to define the files within the folder as a variable. I thought the shell command was reading myfolder, and repeating the shell command for every file within it.

Thanks for the clarification and your help.

#7

the Finder is not necessary essentially, you can also use list folder or /bin/ls, but
the repeat loop needs a list of file paths, aliases or Finder file specifiers