Uploading files to my Popcorn Hour

I was for some time using SCP to transfer files from my Mac to my Popcorn Hour media player until I discovered Curl. Curl or rather cURL is a utility for transferring files using various internet protocols using URL syntax.

For a one off transfer you can simply use

curl -T {file} -u {user}:{password} ftp://{ip address}{path}

For sending a complete folder I manage to find a useful script (batch_folder_upload.sh) and adapt it for my needs

#!/bin/sh 

Pwd=$(pwd)
fullDir=$Pwd/$1

echo $fullDir

if [ ! -d $fullDir ]
then
   echo "Could not find folder to upload from $fullDir"
   exit -1
fi

for file in $1/* ; do
 echo "Uploading $file to /Upload/$1"
 curl --globoff --ftp-create-dirs -T $file -u ftpuser:1234 ftp://192.168.1.9/Upload/$1/
done

I have included the --globoff argument as curl does not like the use of [ or ] in the filename. Apparantly there is a fix coming for this issue.

Simply invoke the script

   $ ./batch_upload