Lua

Upload Multiple FTP Files by Wildcard (MPUT)

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.MPutFiles method, which uploads each local file matching a pattern to the current remote directory. The only argument is the local pattern, which may include a directory and wildcard. It returns the number of files uploaded, or -1 on failure.

Note: The local paths are relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the paths appropriate to your own environment.

Background: The upload counterpart to MGetFiles — FTP's mput. The wildcard is matched against the local filesystem, and every match is sent to the current remote directory; subdirectories are not traversed, so use PutTree for a recursive upload. As with MGetFiles, the return distinguishes a genuine failure (-1) from simply matching nothing.

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local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- Demonstrates the Ftp2.MPutFiles method, which uploads each local file matching a pattern to the
-- current remote directory.  The only argument is the local pattern (which may include a
-- directory and wildcard).  It returns the number of files uploaded, or -1 on failure.

local ftp = chilkat.Ftp2.new()

ftp.hostname = "ftp.example.com"
ftp.username = "myFtpLogin"

-- Normally you would not hard-code the password in source.  You should instead obtain it
-- from an interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
ftp.password = "myPassword"

local success = ftp:connect()
if not success then
    print(ftp.last_error_text)
    return
end

success = ftp:change_remote_dir("public_html")
if not success then
    print(ftp.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- Upload all .html files from a local directory.  Subdirectories are not traversed.
local numUploaded = ftp:mput_files("qa_data/site/*.html")
if numUploaded < 0 then
    print(ftp.last_error_text)
    return
end

print("Uploaded " .. numUploaded .. " files.")

success = ftp:disconnect()
if not success then
    print(ftp.last_error_text)
    return
end