How to move a file on remote FTP server to an directory on same FTP server using Net::FTP in ruby script

Question

How to move a file on remote FTP server to an directory on same FTP server using Net::FTP in ruby script. I know the file name and I have created a directory using ftp.mkdir b

Answer 1

Files (& Directories) can be moved using the rename() method of the Net::FTP Class. Example:

ftp = Net::FTP.new("ftp.myserver.com","myusername","mypassword")
ftp.binary = true
ftp.passive = true

path1 = "/original/dir/path/"    # Dir to move
path2 = "/new/path/"             # New path of Dir

ftp.rename(path1, path2)

And that's it! This causes all files to move from one path to another on the same FTP Server.