Hi,

I am currently in the process of creating a script that will use cURL to HTTP POST the contents of a file on the server.

I am able to run the command;

Code:

curl -d @/path/to/file/filename.dat "https://posting.server.com/test.aspx"

to post a single file and this works as expected.

The trouble I am experiencing is that I will have a folder that all of the output files which need to be posted will be going into, and the name of each file will change sequentially (number range e.g. 4000001.dat 4000002.dat).

I have created a script which the command;

Code:

curl -d @/path/to/file/*.dat "https://posting.server.com/test.aspx"

But this returns the error;

Code:

Warning: Couldn't read data from file 
Warning: "/path/to/file/*.dat", this makes an 
Warning: empty POST.

I had a look around and cannot see how to perhaps get a list of each file name within the directory, then run my original command for each file name.

e.g.

Files;
4000001.dat
4000002.dat

script should then run commands;

curl -d @/path/to/file/4000001.dat "https://posting.server.com/test.aspx"
curl -d @/path/to/file/4000002.dat "https://posting.server.com/test.aspx"

This is the way i'd imagine it working, but perhaps somebody knows an equivalent to using '*' within the cURL command.

I think I've explained everything, but then again it is a Monday