ESXi datastore upload helper (uses curl)

esxiupload.sh

#!/bin/sh

if [ $# -lt 5 ]; then
	echo "$0 <host> <user> <datastore> <folder> <filepath>"
	echo
	echo "  examples:"
	echo "  $0 10.0.0.1 root datastore1 ISOs /tmp/Linux.iso"
	exit 1
fi

host="$1"
user="$2"
datastore="$3"
folder="$4"
filepath="$5"
filename="`basename $filepath`"

url="https://${host}/folder/${folder}/${filename}?dcPath=ha-datacenter&dsName=${datastore}"

echo "Uploading $filepath"
echo "  to $datastore/$folder"
echo "  on $host as $user"

curl -v \
	-k \
	-X PUT \
	-T "$filepath" \
	-u "$user" \
	"$url"