Question

ftp script hangs at put command

Asked by: Vitamin1

I've created a simple batch file to upload a small text file to our ftp site.  The batch runs and logs in successfully but hangs at the put command.  After a while it times out and closes the dos window.  I am able to manually upload the file using IE or Filezilla.  What am I missing?

open 99.99.999.99
user
username
password
cd directoryname
put "c:\file.txt"
quit

                                  
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2009-09-16 at 12:04:05ID24737492
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Windows Batch Scripting

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File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

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Answers

 

by: netcmhPosted on 2009-09-16 at 12:07:21ID: 25348942

Try this

@echo off
setlocal
 
::Variables
set f=%temp%\ftpc.txt
 
::Compose ftp commands file
echo open 99.99.999.99>%f%
echo user your_login your_password>>%f%
echo binary>>%f%
echo put file_to_upload>>%f%
echo bye>>%f%
 
::Execute ftp command
::Use "-d" key for verbose output
ftp -n -d -s:%f%
 
::Cleanup
del /f /q %f%
endlocal

                                              
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by: netcmhPosted on 2009-09-16 at 12:08:31ID: 25348954

Forgot to mention that the above is a batch file.

 

by: leakim971Posted on 2009-09-16 at 12:14:20ID: 25349019

Hello,

ftp -s:what_to_do.txt 99.99.999.99

what_to_do.txt contain :

user
username
password
cd directoryname
put "c:\file.txt"
quit

Regards.

 

by: Vitamin1Posted on 2009-09-16 at 12:18:19ID: 25349055

netcmh: Where do I specify the directory on the ftp server to place the file?
leakim971: That is what I have now.

 

by: netcmhPosted on 2009-09-16 at 12:19:44ID: 25349070

@echo off
setlocal
 
::Variables
set f=%temp%\ftpc.txt
 
::Compose ftp commands file
echo open 99.99.999.99>%f%
echo user your_login your_password>>%f%
echo binary>>%f%
echo cd path_to_upload_dir>>%f%
echo put file_to_upload>>%f%
echo bye>>%f%
 
::Execute ftp command
::Use "-d" key for verbose output
ftp -n -d -s:%f%
 
::Cleanup
del /f /q %f%
endlocal

                                              
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by: leakim971Posted on 2009-09-16 at 12:22:22ID: 25349098

It's two separate files. First it's a batch second a file with ftp command. This is really what you have ?

Batch :
ftp -s:what_to_do.txt 99.99.999.99
------------------------------------------------
command (what_to_do.txt)
user
username
password
cd directoryname
put "c:\file.txt"
quit

Regards.

 

by: Vitamin1Posted on 2009-09-16 at 12:41:26ID: 25349286

In IE, the directory is:
ftp://99.99.99.99/directory1/directory2/
How should this path look in the batch file?

 

by: leakim971Posted on 2009-09-16 at 12:45:15ID: 25349324

command (what_to_do.txt)

user
username
password
cd directory1
cd directory2
put "c:\file.txt"
quit

Try manually to be sure.

Regards.

 

by: netcmhPosted on 2009-09-16 at 12:54:14ID: 25349418

Depends. Where is the virtual directory "directory1" pointed to?

 

by: netcmhPosted on 2009-09-16 at 12:55:04ID: 25349422

Look in your ftp server. Is it just the standard IIS setup?

inetpub ftproot directory1?

 

by: dragon-itPosted on 2009-09-16 at 14:14:19ID: 25350249

Does it work if you do the same commands manually using ftp.exe ?

Sounds to me like the connection needs to use passive mode due to firewall restrictions inbetween you and the server BUT ftp.exe does not support passive mode.  You could use PASV command but that sets the server end to passive mode but ftp.exe does not work with that....

Trouble is ftp is a two way protocol by default which is difficult for port based firewalls, especially for instance on simple port filtering firewalls like you get with ISP hosted servers etc. sometimes.

You could use a different command line client like this:

http://www.ncftp.com/

Steve

 

by: dragon-itPosted on 2009-09-16 at 14:16:09ID: 25350271

When the server is using PASV it sends a port no. to connect to, and is waiting for the client to
connect but the client doesn't understand that, being in active mode so it waits for the server to connect back to it...

 

by: dragon-itPosted on 2009-09-16 at 14:20:56ID: 25350316

If you just need to put one file you could use:

http://www.ncftp.com/ncftp/doc/ncftpput.html
download is ftp://ftp.ncftp.com/ncftp/binaries/ncftp-3.2.3-win32.exe

ncftpput -u username -p password 99.99.99.99 /destdir c:\filetoput.txt

 

by: Vitamin1Posted on 2009-09-23 at 10:34:01ID: 25405710

This is a hosting account I have with dotster.  I use it to store product images for various uses.  Normally I use Filezilla to upload files, but I'm trying to automate this task of uploading a text file daily.

 

by: leakim971Posted on 2009-09-23 at 13:22:07ID: 25407501

Hello Vitamin1,

Are you able to send the file manually using DOS, commands one by one ?

ftp 99.99.999.99
user
username
password
cd directoryname
put "c:\file.txt"
quit

Regards.

 

by: Vitamin1Posted on 2009-09-23 at 13:23:30ID: 25407516

No, I can log in and change directories.  When I enter the put command, it hangs.

 

by: leakim971Posted on 2009-09-23 at 13:26:53ID: 25407553

OK, have you an ssh access ?

 

by: leakim971Posted on 2009-09-23 at 13:37:26ID: 25407664

Have you try the solution provided by dragon-it ? NCFTP ?

 

by: dragon-itPosted on 2009-11-07 at 13:08:40ID: 25768053

Any update on this one? did you try ncftp like I suggested to see if it is a firewall / PASV issue?

Steve

 

by: dragon-itPosted on 2009-11-11 at 12:53:29ID: 25798903

http:#25407516 proved to me the issue is with ftp.exe and therefore more than likely passive mode / simple port firewall issue as filezilla works to the same host.  leakim971 and netcmh offered valid troubleshooting to get to that stage.

 

by: Vitamin1Posted on 2009-11-11 at 14:30:41ID: 31629628

Thanks for all your help.  Rather than use ftp to transfer the file I was able to schedule an outlook task to do so.

 

by: dragon-itPosted on 2009-11-11 at 15:00:57ID: 25800111

Thanks, fair enough.

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