upload file with FTP using nant

I have an NAnt script that I use to build my .NET project, and I'm looking to see if there is a way to upload the resulted a开发者_如何学Gossemblies to some remote folder using an FTP task.

I couldn't find any good example online, and I'm wondering if anyone knows how to do it, if it's doable at all.

FYI: I'm running it on a windows machine, if it makes any difference.

You could use WinSCP as console application in a NAnt <exec> task. Using WinSCP will give You access to extra goodies like synchronization.

That's what we are doing and it works like a charm.

Working WinSCP example here:

    <exec
        verbose="true"
        program="WinSCP.exe" 
        basedir="${WinSCP.Folder.Install}">
        <arg value="/command" />
        <arg value="/log=D:\Logs\WinSCP\winscp.log" />
        <arg value="/script=backup.winscp" />
        <arg line="/parameter ${YOUR_FILE}" />
    </exec>

where backup.winscp in above exec is a file with the following content

option batch abort
option confirm off 
open ftp://user:password@ftp.yourhost.com
put "%1%"
exit

Having the same need myself, I developed a basic FTP upload NAnt task. You can find it here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/w3c-nant/

Example usage (copy pasted from the site's API docs):

<ftpUpload host="ftp.myserver.com" username="root" password="r00t" todir="/">
    <fileset basedir="dist">
        <include name="**/*" />
        <exclude name="**/*.config" />
    </fileset>
</ftpUpload>

I already use it in my local build scripts to upload my site to its live server.

You may use the WinSCP (free ftp client for windows) and integrate it through nant "exec" tag. The setup is fairly straight forward and once it's done it works like a charm.

We using something like this (NAnt-0.86-beta1):

<!-- Copies files from artifacts folder to destination folder -->
<target name="deploy-configuration">
  <!-- Generate temporary folder for the processed web.config -->
  <property name="generated-config-file-path" value="${path::get-temp-path()}${common::GenerateGUID()}" />
  <mkdir dir="${generated-config-file-path}" />
  <!-- Copy -->
  <copy file="${artifacts.dir}/web.config" tofile="${generated-config-file-path}/web.config" />
  <!-- Update web.config with values for our destination environment before we deploy. -->
  <update-configuration-path file="${generated-config-file-path}\web.config" />
  <!-- Deploy using FTP -->
  <connection id="ftp-transfer-connection"
    server="${project.deployment.ftp.server}"
    username="${project.deployment.ftp.user}"
    password="${project.deployment.ftp.password}"
    />

  <ftp connection="ftp-transfer-connection"
       showdironconnect="false"
       createdirs="true"
       verbose="true"
       exec="true"
       logfiles="false"
       >

    <put type="bin"
         localdir="${generated-config-file-path}"
         remotedir="${project.deployment.path.remote}"
         flatten="false"
         >
      <include name="**\web.config" />
    </put>
  </ftp>
  <delete dir="${generated-config-file-path}" />
</target>


<target name="deploy">

  <connection id="ftp-transfer-connection"
    server="${project.deployment.ftp.server}"
    username="${project.deployment.ftp.user}"
    password="${project.deployment.ftp.password}"
    />

  <ftp connection="ftp-transfer-connection"
       showdironconnect="false"
       createdirs="true"
       verbose="true"
       exec="true"
       logfiles="false"
       >

    <put type="bin"
         localdir="${artifacts.dir}"
         remotedir="${project.deployment.path.remote}"
         flatten="false"
         >
      <include name="**\bin\**" />
      <include name=".\*.svc" />
      <include name=".\web.config" />
    </put>
  </ftp>
  <!-- Deploy configuration -->
  <call target="deploy-configuration" />
</target>

I would like to share with you my task. I just use arg values. It works ok. Here's my script:

<property name="path.to.root" value="${project::get-base-directory()}\"/>
<property name = "deploy.folder" value = "${path.to.root}Deploy" />

<!-- FTP -->
<property name = "ftp.host" value = "127.0.0.1"/>
<property name = "ftp.port" value="21"/>
<property name = "ftp.user" value = "username"/>
<property name = "ftp.password" value="mypass"/>        
<property name = "ftp.local.dir" value = "${deploy.folder}" />

<!-- WinSCP-->
<property name = "winscp.run" value ="${path.to.root}\tools\WinSCP\WinSCP.com"/>

<target description="Copy to the FTP server" name="ftp.copy">
    <exec program="${winscp.run}">
        <arg value="/command" />
        <arg value="option batch abort" />
        <arg value="option confirm off" />
        <arg value="option transfer binary" />
        <arg value="open ftp://${ftp.user}:${ftp.password}@${ftp.host}:${ftp.port}" />
        <arg value= '"put ""${ftp.local.dir}"""' />         
        <arg value="close" />
        <arg value="exit" />
    </exec>     
</target>

Have fun!