Copying files from a UNIX server to an Office 365 SharePoint OnLine site

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_{Wednesday, June 14, 2017 9:44 PM}

Our company just began using Office 365 SharePoint OnLine.  Can I copy files directly from my UNIX server to my SharePoint OnLine site using curl or some other UNIX command?

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_{Thursday, June 15, 2017 9:38 AM}

Hi sooner82,

You cannot copy files directly from UNIX server to SharePoint Online site.

You can first copy files from UNIX server to windows server.

Then upload the files to SharePoint online by using open with explorer.

Navigate to a document library->Open with Explorer->copy and paste the files to the explorer.

Best Regards，

Lisa Chen

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_{Thursday, June 15, 2017 6:36 PM}

Thank you Lisa, but I need a solution that works without human intervention.  Do you have any suggestions?

I can schedule a UNIX cron job to copy files to the Windows server, but how do I cause the Window server to upload to the SharePoint OnLine on a periodic basis automatically?

_{Thursday, June 15, 2017 9:21 PM}

Take a look at https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/186740/using-linux-shell-scripting-to-upload-a-document-to-sharepoint.

Trevor Seward

Office Servers and Services MVP

Author, Deploying SharePoint 2016

This post is my own opinion and does not necessarily reflect the opinion or view of Microsoft, its employees, or other MVPs.