Put a file with FTP
Description
The Put A File With FTP action uploads a file to an FTP server.
Options
General tab
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
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 attempts to access the specified directory. If this directory doesn’t exist, the upload fails.
Socks Proxy
Host
The Socks proxy server’s host name.
Port
The port number the Socks proxy connects on.
Username
The user name associated with the Socks proxy server account.
Password
The password associated with the Socks proxy server account.
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