Last week’s README file demonstrated how easy it is to turn virtually any desktop machine into an SFTP server. Today’s piece shows how to automate a well-known Windows open source SFTP client using ...

are there and standards for writing scripts for automating FTP sessions? Reason I ask is at work we have an issue with our (outsourced) IT guys FTPing files to our (outsourced) printing suppliers and ...

Secure file transfer protocol (SFTP) is a safe way to transfer files between hosts over the internet. While PowerShell does not offer built-in support for SFTP, you can add this functionality using ...

Editor's Note: Adam Bertram originally wrote this article and Brien Posey has expanded it. Transferring files via FTP is one of those tasks every sysadmin has done at least once in their career. FTP ...

FTP isn’t exactly cutting-edge technology. These days, if you control both ends of a connection, you’re probably using scp, ...

I'm a fairly poor shell scripter, but I'm trying to get ftp backups working across the internet. # this script automates FTP access for backup purposes. # Change the server IP/Hostname, user name, ...

Rolling a script to perform the FTP functions will allow you more flexibility than the built-in task and more productivity. In my last post, I talked about setting up and using FTP in an SSIS package.