Action - FTP Upload Files

The action FTP Upload Files uploads files and folders to an FTP server.

 

Examples:
  • Recursively upload a directory with photos every morning to an FTP server.
Settings
Protocol
Whether to use regular FTP (unencrypted), FTPS (Implicit FTP over SSL/TLS, default port 990) or FTPES (Explicit FTP over SSL/TLS).
Data Channel Protection (only for FTPS and FTPES)
Whether data transferred on the data channel should be encrypted (P) or not (C).
Server/Port
The name or IP and port (default 21) of the FTP server. Variables are supported.
Username
The username to connect. Variables are supported.
Password
The password to connect. Variables are supported.
Local Paths
A comma separated list of files or directories to upload to the server. Glob patterns can be used to match multiple files. Variables are supported.
Examples:
  • /mnt/sdcard/export* matches all files with a name starting with export in folder /mnt/sdcard
Server Directory
The absolute path of the target directory on the server to upload the files to. Variables are supported.
Control Encoding
Whether to use a special encoding for the control channel or not (Encoding of file names, not the encoding of the content of text files). Variables are supported.
Show progress notification
Whether or not to show a notification on the statusbar indicating the progress of the operation.