Uploading all of files in my local directory with curl

Question

I want to upload all the files in one directory, and I know how to upload one file using curl like this :

curl -T "local/xxx.suffix" -u xxx:psw "ftp://192.168.1.158/public/demon_test/xxx.suffix"

How can I upload all the files (subdirectory) in the current directory to an FTP server?

score 78 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 24 '12 at 10:22

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Use curl with find to recursively upload all files from a specific directory:

find mydir -type f -exec curl -u xxx:psw --ftp-create-dirs -T {} ftp://192.168.1.158/public/demon_test/{} \;

answered Dec 24 '12 at 10:22

dogbane

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How can i enhance this command line to get the filename of each uploaded file? – arbyter Nov 05 '14 at 09:27
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how could I do this without uploading the original folder but just it's contents? – ProblemsOfSumit Aug 10 '16 at 20:03
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@ProblemsOfSumit Then you just need to remove the last {} from the url – Chuan Jun 19 '19 at 13:50
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I don't think this is an optimal solution for uploading several files, as `curl` will disconnect after every file upload and reconnect again for the next file, which will slow down the process terribly – ManSamVampire Aug 20 '21 at 11:11

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 18 '14 at 22:05

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instead of curl, use wput (not to be confused with wget).

answered Dec 18 '14 at 22:05

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