Does anyone know of a good way to have an FTP program automatically upload to a web server periodically? I have seen a few apps that are supposed to do this, but it seems that Cute or WSFTP would able to be set up for such a task.

do you want one that does it on a timer or something. i know dreamweaver can be set to upload a file everytime you save.

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How about a small batch file and the built-in Windows task scheduler to call it? That's how I'd do it if I were using a Windows system and wanted automatic/scheduled uploads. Just a suggestion...

Save the following as, "uploader.bat":

@ECHO OFF
ftp -s:ftpsettings.txt
end

Then, save the following in a textfile called, "ftpsettings.txt":

open server_host
your_username
your_password
lcd C:\path\to\dir\with\local\file\
bin
hash
prompt
cd /path/to/remote/www_root
put your_file
quit

Obviously you'll need to adjust it with your information, etc. Make sure the ftpsettings.txt file is located in the same directory as the uploader.bat file. Once you can successfully run the batch file and have your file get uploaded by it, all you have left is to schedule it to run automatically with the Windows task scheduler. Good luck!

k_Rob - kk7av