#18 How to make a script for batch PNG Images and FTPing Images to website

[Michael Foland]

So I have been making some PNG image scripts for GFE to produce the grid images to the PNG. However I was wondering is there a way to make a batch script to run all of the created scripts at once? I store my scripts in a folder right now, and have to manually put them into GFE as config files. I'd like to be able to create a script to mass run the files if possible for GFE as they are already .py files.

Next Question, upon creation and completion of the script how would I create a script to FTP the images created to a website?

Thanks

[Mike Romberg]

There is nothing special about any of the executables you can run from the gfe's Scripts configuration file entry. So, one can create a script or executable with whatever programming language you want to do whatever you want and add it to the gfe config file "Scripts" entry. Your script will then show up in the gfe's menu.

It would probably be easiest to write the script and get it running on the command line first.  Then add it to the gfe config file after it is working.

  Python has alot of modules for doing things like ftp and that is probably what I would use.   But there any many many other options out there as well.   Depending on what you want to do even a simple bash shell script and something like rsync might do what you need.