FTP Filesystem Operations

If you selected automatic synchronization (Auto Sync) when you created your FTP filesystem, you do not have to perform any synchronization operations yourself.

When you right click on a folder or file in an FTP filesystem (marked with ), there are several operations on the context directory specific to the FTP filesystem.

These operations and actions are:

Refresh Folder

FTP Actions:

Synchronize

Synchronize Recursively

Get All files from Server

Put All Files to Server

File Residence

Go Offline/Go Online

Refresh Folder

The Refresh Folder command updates the synchronization status of all of the files in the folder selected (recursively).

FTP Actions Submenu:

Synchronize

The Synchronize command synchronizes the client and server versions of the file with each other.  What happens when you select this action depends on the state of the client and server file.  See the table above for more information.

Synchronize Recursively

Synchronize Recursively performs a synchronization operation on each file in the folder selected, as well as all of the files in all of the folders contained therein.

Get All files from Server

 This command copies all of the files on the server to the client, without respect to the state of the files. (This can be time consuming depending on the number of directories and files you have in your filesystem.) This command is only available for folders.

Put All Files to Server

This command copies all of the files on the client to the server, without respect to the state of the files. (This can be time consuming depending on the number of directories and files you have in your file system.) This command is only available for folders.  

File Residence

The File Residence submenu allows you to designate a file as server-only, client-only, or client-server (the default).

By default, the following extensions are server-only for an FTP filesystem:

ana, bck, esw, exe, lis, mlb, nlb, obj,olb, pcsi, pen, r32, req, stb, tif, tlb, uid

You can modify this list of extensions by selecting the FTP filesystem in Filesystems, then right clicking and selecting Properties.  Select the Server Only File Extensions property and modify it using the Chooser button […].

Go Offline/Go Online

The Go Offline command shuts down the FTP connection to the server and places the FTP filesystem in Offline Mode.  You can work on the client copy of files in your FTP filesystem without being connected to the network.  

When you are ready to transfer your files to the server, right click on the FTP filesystem and select Go Online.