SSH Tectia

Defining Advanced File Transfer Options

On the Advanced page of the Settings dialog you can configure additional file transfer options. The new settings will affect subsequently started file transfer windows.

The advanced file transfer options

Figure 5.7. The advanced file transfer options

Force Lowercase

Selecting this option forces lower case file names in file transfers.

Preserve Original File Time

Select the Preserve Original File Time check box if you want the transferred files to retain their original time and date stamp values. If this option is not selected, the transferred files will be stamped with the time of the transfer.

Upload

The following settings affect the upload process:

Preserve Original Destination Permissions

Select this check box to preserve the file permissions of the original file located on the remote host computer. The transferred file will use the same file permissions as the original file.

Default File Permissions

Type the octal Unix file permission mask (as with the Unix chmod command) that is to be used as the default value for files. For more information on file permissions, see File Transfer Window Views.

Default Directory Permissions

Type the octal Unix directory permission mask (as with the Unix chmod command) that is to be used as the default value for directories.

File Transfer Send Window

The following settings affect the file transfer process:

Number of Buffers

Type the number of buffers used in file transfer. The default value is 10.

Buffer size

Type the default buffer size (measured in kilobytes). The default value is 32 kilobytes.

Upload Locally Modified Remote Files

This selection affects how SSH Tectia Client reacts if you locally edit a file stored in the remote host computer.

Yes

If you select this option, the locally modified file is uploaded to the remote host computer.

No

If you select this option, the locally modified file is not uploaded to the remote host computer.

Ask

If you select this option, SSH Tectia Client asks you to decide if you want to upload a locally modified file.