By Erik Small -

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.

By Erik Small -

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This is a video we found on Youtube – really helpful.

By Erik Small -

Ipswitch File Transfer has released a new version of it’s WS_FTP file transfer client.

It’s offered in two versions: WS_FTP Home 12 & WS_FTP Professional 12.
New Features in both WS_FTP Home & Professional:

Industry-leading Security

• Built-in local OpenPGP file encryption using up to RSA 4,096 bit keys
• Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 Validated Cryptography
• SSH Key Management and Enhanced SSH Capabilities
• Enhanced SSL Certificate Management Capabilities
• File non-repudiation and automatic compression with MOVEit DMZ servers

Productivity-enhancing Features

• Improved performance for faster connection, re-connection and transfer times
• Post-transfer file automation for moving, deleting and renaming integrated with synchronizing, scripting, command line and backup
• Universal Naming Convention (UNC) mapped network drive access
• Microsoft IIS and Apache Web Servers full file listing and folder navigation
• Microsoft Windows 2008 support

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