Put a file with FTP
Options
General tab
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
Action name | The name of the workflow action. |
General tab | |
FTP server name/IP address | The name of the server or the IP address. |
Port | The port number the FTP server connects on. |
Username | The user name associated with the FTP server account. |
Password | The password associated the FTP server account. |
Proxy host | Proxy server host name. |
Proxy port | Proxy server port number. |
Proxy username | Proxy server account user name. |
Proxy password | Proxy server account password. |
Test connection | Tests the configured connection. |
Advanced settings | |
Binary mode | Enable if files must be transferred in binary mode. |
Timeout | The FTP server timeout in seconds. |
Use Active FTP connection | Enable if you are connecting to the FTP server using Active mode; you must set your firewall to accept connections to the port that your FTP client will open. The default is Passive mode. |
Control Encoding | Select the character encoding to use for determining special characters in file names. For Western Europe and the USA, ISO-8859-1 usually suffices. Select encoding that is valid for your server. |
Files tab
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
Source (local) files | |
Local directory | The local directory from which to upload. |
Browse… | Browse the filesystem for a local directory. |
Wildcard (regular expression) | If you are uploading multiple files, specify a regular expression that defines the set of files you want to upload. |
Remove files after transferal? | Enable to remove files from the local directory after they’ve been uploaded. |
Don’t overwrite files | Enable to skip files that already exist in the remote directory. |
Remote directory | The directory on the FTP server to upload files to. |
Test folder | Test if the remote directory exists. This connects to the FTP server and attmepts to access the specfied directory. If this directory doesn’t exist, the upload fails. |