ftp batch file rename if already exists

[vipez21]

so im making a batch file that automatically uploads files from my directory on my computer to my website ftp. it does fine on the upload part but i want it to be able to rename files automatically if they already exist. is there a way to do that? this is what i have so far...

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@echo off
echo user b7_16073680> ftpcmd.dat
echo mypass>> ftpcmd.dat
echo cd /htdocs/>>ftpcmd.dat
echo bin>> ftpcmd.dat
echo put %1>> ftpcmd.dat
echo quit>> ftpcmd.dat
ftp -n -s:ftpcmd.dat ftp.byethost7.com
del ftpcmd.dat

i need it to automatically rename the files and keep the old ones.

[foxidrive]

You could simply issue an FTP rename command using a filename-date-time and then upload the new file.
If it fails then the file didn't exist and there will simply be a harmless error message.

I haven't tried this but it should work.

[Squashman]

I agree with Foxidrive.