Robo copy to ftp server

Question

I am trying to send one big file from a windows server to the FPT location through robo copy. I am using the following command:-

ROBOCOPY "G:\Backup\full" "\ftp.xyz.com\backup" ABC.bak /Z /R:5 /W:60 /LOG:"G:\Backup\full\robocopy.log"

But I am getting the following error msg:-
Error 53 (0x00000035) Getting File System Type of Destination \ftp.xyz.com\backup
The network path was not found.

But I log into the ftp server ftp.xyz.com through file explorer.

Any idea why I am getting error msg?
Thanks

Answer 1

Hi @chuck DM ,

Robocopy doesn't work for copying to/from an FTP server, Robocopy only works with with drive letter and UNC paths (for example: \server\share) which use the SMB/CIFS protocol.

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