Using Powershell for ftp

Reference : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/936108/how-to-script-ftp-upload-and-download

//Upload:
 
$File = "D:\Dev\somefilename.zip"
$ftp = "ftp://username:password@example.com/pub/incoming/somefilename.zip"
 
"ftp url: $ftp"
 
$webclient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
$uri = New-Object System.Uri($ftp)
 
"Uploading $File..."
 
$webclient.UploadFile($uri, $File)

//Download:
 
$File = "c:\store\somefilename.zip"
$ftp = "ftp://username:password@example.com/pub/outbound/somefilename.zip"
 
"ftp url: $ftp"
 
$webclient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
$uri = New-Object System.Uri($ftp)
 
"Downloading $File..."
 
$webclient.DownloadFile($uri, $File)

Ftp with PowerShell = ftp-ls.ps1
function DownloadFromFtp($destination, $ftp_uri, $user, $pass)
function UploadToFtp($artifacts, $ftp_uri, $user, $pass)
Usage samples
$ftp_uri = "ftp://127.0.0.1/"
$ftp_user = "web"
$ftp_pass = "web"
$artifacts = "c:\artifacts"
$backup = "c:\backups\current"
//upload
UploadToFtp $artifacts $ftp_uri $ftp_user $ftp_pass
//download
DownLoadFromFtp $backup $ftp_uri $ftp_user $ftp_pass