Scheduling a transfer using a script

If you’re setup with a file transfer client and make regular connections to an FTP server, you can easily automate file transfers. This is useful if you want to update a website nightly, or update the same document daily. There are a few ways to do this with WS_FTP. With the Scheduler Utility, you upload a file by setting a specified time interval. Utilizing the Synchronize Utility, a mirrored ( local vs. remote) set of files can be ’synchronized’ automatically. The third feature is for an advanced user — Script Utility allows for a scheduled file transfer, but also allows for deleting files, changing directories, or checking success/failure of a command.

Detailed ‘how-to’ can be viewed in the WS_FTP Professional Tools Guide.