The FTP client session window displays two panels: a local file system panel and a remote file
system panel. The working directory is displayed at the top of each panel. Actions only apply
to the panel that currently has focus (the other panel appears greyed out). The buttons next to the
working directory field allow you to move up one directory and create a new directory
within the working directory. The buttons between the two panels allow you to transfer
the selected files or directories into the destination's working directory.
The View menu gives you the following options:
- Toolbar
- Allows you to display or hide the Toolbar icons.
- Toolbar Text
- Allows you to display or hide the names of the Toolbar icons.
- Status Bar
- The status bar at the bottom of the
session window displays all commands and responses from the FTP server for the session. You can
configure the status bar on the session to be displayed or hidden.
- Transfer List Manager
- Allows you to display or hide the Transfer List Manager toolbar.
- Side-by-side View
- You can configure the
panels to display the file systems side-by-side from within
the session.
- Stacked View
- You can configure the
panels to display the file systems stacked (one on top of the other) from within
the session.
- Refresh
- Updates the FTP client window with your changes.
- Host Directory Listing
- A window appears displaying the server directory information for the directory you
selected, including all attributes provided by the FTP server. If you select a different
directory, the information for that directory appears at the end of the existing list.
If you close the Host Directory Listing window
and select Host Directory Listing again, only the information for the current
directory appears.
The Actions menu gives you the following options:
- Send files to/Receive files from Host
- Sends selected files or directories to the FTP server from the local file system, or
receives selected files or directories
from the FTP server to the local file system. By holding down the Shift or Ctrl key, you can
select multiple files or directories. You can also cancel file or directory transfers while they are in progress.
When If File Exists is set to Prompt For Action, you are presented with three choices:
- Overwrite, which replaces the file completely.
- Save As, which allows you to type a new name for the file.
- Skip, which allows you to choose not to transfer the current file.
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When a file that is being uploaded is in different case than the one on the
server, the client still generates an Overwrite Confirmation dialog. Some FTP
servers allow storage of the same named file in different cases.
The FTP client's GUI component does not know the server platform so it cannot suppress the
Overwrite Confirmation dialog. Just click the Overwrite button. The server
version of the file will not be overwritten as long as the case is
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- Send files to Host as/Receive files from Host as
- You can rename a file or directory before it is uploaded or downloaded to the receiving system.
When renaming a directory, you cannot rename the files in the
directory.
- Send Transfer List to Host/Receive Transfer List from Host
- Transfers the files in the current transfer list to/from the host. If you do not specify a directory
for the local or remote file, then the FTP client attempts to find the file in the current
working directory. If you send a list to the host and you do not specify a remote file name,
the FTP client transfers the file with the local file name. If you receive a list from the host
and you do not specify a local file name, the FTP client transfers the file with the remote
file name. If a directory already exists, the FTP client overwrites only
the files it transfers.
Note: The Transfer List Manager ignores the value for If File Exists in the FTP session
properties Runtime Preferences. The Transfer List Manager always replaces an existing file.
- Delete
- Deletes the selected files or directories. You can select multiple files or directories to delete.
If Confirm Before Delete is set to Yes, you
are prompted to confirm the deletion. Also, if you select multiple files or directories,
you will be prompted
for confirmation for each file or directory before it is deleted. If you don't want to delete the current
file or directory, click skip and you will be asked to confirm the deletion of the next file
or directory.
- Rename
- Renames the selected file or directory. If you select more than one file or directory, you will be prompted for the new
name for each file or directory. If you have selected multiple files or directories and do not want to rename the current
file or directory, click skip, and you will be asked to rename the next file or directory.
- Create Directory
- Creates a sub-directory in the working directory. If the working directory is not where you
would like to create a sub-directory, change to correct directory and type the name for the
sub-directory. You do not need to type in the full path, only the sub-directory name.
- Quote Command
- Sends an uninterpreted string of data to the FTP server. The Quote Command allows you to set
FTP server supported options. For example, to set the host translation table, type "site trans
[translation table name]" in the dialog box.
- Codepage Converter
- Launches the Codepage Converter window, where you can convert different file types and
change the codepages of files in either binary or ASCII
mode.
- Add to Current Transfer List
- Adds the currently-selected files or directories to the current
transfer list in
the current transfer mode. The current working directory paths are added to each file. If
you want to upload or download files to a different directory, you must manually add files to a
transfer list.
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