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Hi, hoping someone can help. I want to create a program where I can open a file from a web server and also copy a file from my computer to the web server. I have been trying to get opus to open/save a file in the style of ftp://username:password@domain.com/data/filename.txt

I tried different actions such as 'copy to', 'write text to', 'launch program' and 'launch url' but nothing seems to work.

I need the program to save the file to the server without it prompting for the ftp user name or password. If I copy and paste the ftp path in the style above into a windows address bar I can open an existing file on the server without any problem but I can't seem to get opus to do it at all. I've contacted my hosting company and they have checked the server has the necessary read/write permissions and it can have an annonymous log on.

I seem to remember when I have used scripts before it said to use a double \ instead of single one in certain instances (e.g. c:\\document.doc) so I wonder if there is something wrong with the number and/or type of slashes I am using? I also seem to remember about using speech marks around the path also but again this may not be relevant in this instance.

Your thoughts would be much appreciated and would save a lot of further head scratching,

Thanks in advance

Nick

You might need to use something like wget.

See

viewtopic.php?t=3385&highlight=wget

Paul

Try this with the buildin ftp command from windows can be found in system32 directory.


The contents of script.txt might look like this:

This is handy for administration between servers, but keep in mind that FTP sends passwords in clear text, so you need to clear this.

Regards,

Ronnie

Thanks for your replies.

Ronnie, your idea sounds good but could you do me a favour and explain your method in some step by step details of what I would need to do as I am a little unsure.

Your help is much appreciated

Best regards

Nick

First make the textfile with your data:



Then with a write to disk file trigger action write the variable myPath to the destination for example <SYSTEM_PUBLICATION_DIR>\script.txt

Next step is to make a trigger with launch action:
1. browse for ftp.exe in the system32 folder.
2. option will be ; -s:script.txt ftp.yourwebsite.com
3. file will be found in <SYSTEM_PUBLICATION_DIR>\script.txt


Hope this helps

Ronnie