**Function:** This action allows you to copy files to/from an FTP server. You can transfer just one file, or lots of files between a local folder and a remote FTP folder.
**Author**: [Cbondesign](http://www.cbondesign.com/article.php3?id_article=126&id_rubrique=56) (French)
**Requires**: FTP server and an internet connection
**Input**: (Text)
**Output**: (Text)
**Notes**: Action is in English and French. About the files names. * means all the files in the choosen folder. backup_*.zip will transfer all files in the chosen folder that begin by backup and end with .zip. Warning: If the files already exist in the destination folder, they will be replaced by the transfered files.
This action do not work on some computers.
For now, I do not know what it the problem. I’m working on it and will release a new version as soon as possible.
Comment by cbondesign — June 29, 2005 @ 12:44 pm
For now, this action need the developers tools to be installed, othewise, it do not work. Why ????
I still dont know, but work on it.
Comment by cbondesign — July 2, 2005 @ 8:42 pm
C’est bizarre, j’ai l’impression que cette actiion ne prend en compte que les dossiers de premier plan, ne prenant pas les sous-dossiers… Est-ce normal ???
Comment by yoann — October 21, 2005 @ 7:01 am
I get a warning of ‘The action “ftp_transfer” was not supplied with the required data.’ Any ideas?
Comment by Matt Deaves — August 18, 2009 @ 1:20 pm