Automating Ftp Uploads With Powershell

Apr 30, 2014 in POWERSHELL
1 min read

In my last post I have shared hwo you can archive a folder via powershell and Pscx. In my normal backup process I am used to upload zip files using ftp client like filezilla but now I am trying powershell to perform this task.

Please feel free to test following code and let me know your thoughts and improvements.

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    #upload file using ftp

    function FtpUpload ($file, $ftphost, $ftpuser, $ftppass) {
    $Dir = Split-Path $file -Parent 
    $filename = $file.Replace("$Dir\", "")

    #ftp server 
    $webclient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient 
    $webclient.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential($ftpuser,$ftppass) 
    
    #list every sql server trace file 
    foreach($item in (dir $Dir $filename)) { 
        "Uploading $item..." 
        $filepath = $ftphost+$item.Name
        $filepath
        $uri = New-Object System.Uri($filepath)
        $webclient.UploadFile($uri, $item.FullName)
        } 
    }

    FtpUpload E:\projects\AspNet\MVC\newFoldernewFolder_2014_29_09.zip ftpHost ftpUser ftpPassword
    

I have shared this script on github adjust it accroding to your needs and share your resutls.

Please feel free to suggest improvements and if you have any questions use comments area.

Thanks for your time.

-Najam