FTP copy a file to another place in same FTP

Question

I need to upload same file to 2 different place in same FTP. Is there a way to copy the file on the FTP to the other place instead of upload it again? Thanks.

Answer 1

Here's another workaround using PHP cUrl to execute a copy request on the server by feeding parameters from the local machine and reporting the outcome:

Local code: In this simple test routine, I want to copy the leaning tower photo to the correct folder, Pisa:

$ch = curl_init();
$data = array ('pic' => 'leaningtower', 'folder' => 'Pisa');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,"http://travelphotos.com/copypic.php");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch,  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);
$result = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
echo $result;

Server code (copypic.php): On the remote server, I have simple error checking. On this server I had to mess with the path designation, i.e., I had to use "./" for an acceptable path reference, so you may have to tinker with it a bit.

$pic = $_POST["pic"];
$folder = $_POST["folder"];
if (!$pic || !$folder) exit();

$sourcePath = "./unsortedpics/".$pic.".jpg";
$destPath =   "./sortedpics/".$folder."/".$pic.".jpg";

if (!file_exists($sourcePath )) exit("Source file not found");
if (!is_dir("./sortedpics/".$folder)) exit("Invalid destination folder");
if (!copy($sourcePath , $destPath)) exit("Copy not successful");
echo "File copied";

Answer 2

You can do this from C-Panel.

1. Log into your C-Panel.
2. Go into file manager.
3. Find the file or folder you want to duplicate.
4. Right-click and chose Copy.
5. Type in the new director you want to copy to.

Done!

Answer 3

You can rename the file to be copied into the full path of your wanted result.

For example: If you want to move the file "file.txt" into the folder "NewFolder" you can write it as

ftp> rename file.txt NewFolder/file.txt

This worked for me.