FTP Transfer

SLIK includes a built-in FTP operation that allows you to transfer files between hosts. Any machine that supports an FTP server can be used with SLIK. These include various platforms including Windows NT, UNIX, VAX machines.

When defining an FTP operation you must provide the following details.

FTP Operator	Get, Put, or Remove
Server Name	Flipper
Remote Directory	/pub/app/data
Local Directory	C:\system\data
FileName / Pattern	.zip;.dat
Binary transfer mode	(Boolean)
Overwrite file if exists	(Boolean)

FTP Transfer operations are created using the following form:

FTP Form Field Descriptions

File Transfer ID	The File Transfer ID field holds the system generated unique identifier. The File Transfer ID field automatically populates on creation of the File Transfer record. The File Transfer record is created when you click on OK to save and close the new record. Field value type: system generated
FTP Operation*	The value in this field reflects the FTP operation the Job operation relates to. See table below.
Host Name*	The value in this field defines the FTP Host to be used in the FTP operation.
User Name	A value in this field reflects the requirement for a username to use to logon as part of the FTP Transfer operation. If not specified it defaults to anonymous@server.
Password	A value in this field reflects the requirement for a password, associated with the username noted in the User Name field, to be included as part of the FTP Transfer operation.
Local Directory	A value in this field reflects the local directory to use when matching files to be transferred to or from.
Remote Directory	A value in this field reflects the remote directory files are to be transferred to or from.
Rename Directory	A value in this field indicates that once data has been collected and placed into the required directory, the files will be moved to the specified directory name. Note: this field is only available for FTP Transfers with the FTP Operation type of Rename and Get & Rename.
File Pattern*	A value in this field limits the operation to those files what match the file pattern record. For example, all files with a file pattern of *.exe.
Overwrite if Exists	If this field is checked processing the operation will cause any previous files found with the same name to be overwritten.
Binary Mode	Checking this option indicates that files are to be transferred using binary mode as opposed to ASCII.

FTP Operators

FTP operators perform the following function

Put	Sends any matching files (File Pattern) found in the Local Directory to the Server Name's Remote Directory.
Get	Receives any matching files (File Pattern) found in the Remote Directory of Server Name to the Local Directory.
Remove	Removes any matching files (File Pattern) found in the Remote Directory of Server Name.
Rename	Renames any matching files (File Pattern) found in the Remote Directory of Server Name.
Get & Rename	Receives any matching files (File Pattern) found in the Remote Directory of Server Name to the Local Directory and then moves the files to the Rename Directory.

If an error occurs during a transfer the details are logged using the standard error logging facilities.

Note: the associated Job Log record includes the number of files transferred and there total size transferred in bytes.