The menu gives you access to every function available in ALFTP.
- File
The following operations are available under the File menu.
- New
Folder
Create a new folder (directory) on the server or client with
the "New Folder" menu item.
- Rename
Change the names of files or folders on the FTP server or client.
- Delete
Delete files or folders on the FTP server or client.
-
Site Map
This opens the Site Map window for you to add, edit, delete,
or connect in 1 click to saved FTP servers.
- Connect
Manually connect to an FTP server.
- Disconnect
This disconnects you from the FTP server you are currently connected
to.
- Exit
Quits from ALFTP. Use this to quit ALFTP when Minimize
to System Tray on exit (X) is checked in Preferences.
- Edit
- Direct
Edit
You can open files directly from an FTP server or client in
an associated application, or with Notepad if no association exists.
You can then make quick edits and save the file back to the FTP
server or client. To associate a program with a file extension
in ALFTP, open the Preferences
dialog, click the Advanced
tab, enter a file extension in the File
Extension input under Associate
Editors, then browse to and select the executable for the
program that should open the file extension. This is useful for
making quick edits and changes to homepages, web sites, web applications,
web services, etc.
Files opened like this do NOT follow the normal windows file extension
associations. They need to be custom defined by you.
While you are editing the file and have not closed your editing
application, the following dialog is displayed:
DO NOT close it. Save your work (usually Ctrl+s) and close your
editing application. You are then prompted to confirm that you
wish to save your edits to your FTP server:
In the event your are disconnected or some other event causes
the transfer to fail, ALFTP will prompt you to open its backup
folder so that you can get your automatically backed up file.
Your backup files will be rename to this format:
<filename>_<system_date> <system_time>.<file_extension>
All colons (:) are replaced with dashes (-) and your file extension
remains the same. You can find the backup file in the ALFTP\Data\EditBackup
folder:
Please note, that if a transfer is interrupted, the file on your
FTP server will likely be corrupted and unusable (hence the reason
for ALFTP protecting you with a backup).
- Execute
You can open and run files normally from an FTP server or from
your computer (the client) by selecting a file and clicking Execute.
This opens the file with the program normally associated with
it in Windows. e.g. ALZip will open zip files, ALSee will open
jpeg files, and Internet Explorer will open HTML files (assuming
you have those programs configure to open those file types when
you double click in Windows Explorer).
- Copy
Copies data, files or folders on the client, so you can paste
them to elsewhere on the client.
- Cut
This places data, files or folders on the client into the Windows
clipboard and marks them for deletion after they are pasted.
- Paste
This copies data, files, or folders from the Windows clipboard
to the selected location. Files and folders cannot be copied/pasted
to an FTP server.
Note: Copy, Cut and Paste behave
as normal in Windows. The limitation is that you cannot use them
with files or folders on FTP servers.
- Select
All
Selects all files and folders on an FTP server or client.
- Select
Inverse
Inverts the currently focused selection.
- Transfers
- Tools (R)
- Set
Permissions
For UNIX based systems like Solaris, HP-UX, Linux, OSX, etc.,
you can change file and folder permissions.
- Command
Window
Advanced users can directly enter FTP commands into a command
window.
-
Change Directory
Use this to enter a directory and navigate there without the
use of a mouse.
- Move
For advanced users, type in the path on the server to where
you wish to move the selected file(s) and/or folder(s). They are
moved without transferring them between the server and client.
(You must have the correct permissions to use this, both on the
selected file(s) and/or folder(s) and the target path/folder.)
-
Save Remote Directory
Sets the current directory on the FTP server as the default
directory to navigate to when you first connect to the site on
subsequent visits. This does not affect the default local directory
on your computer.
(Press <Ctrl + S> to quickly set the current directory
as the base folder to open when you connect.)
- Search
for file
Search for files on the FTP server. Type in the name of a file
to search for, then click Search. Matching files are displayed
in the list view below.
-
Run Server
Use this to quickly turn your computer into an FTP server. Your
IP address is automatically configured, but you may wish to change
some of the other settings, like port, number of users, login
ID, password, and whether users can write to your FTP server.
(Please refer to FTP
Server Settings for more detailed information.)
- Stop
Server
If you have the ALFTP FTP server running, this stops it.
-
Show Server Status Window
While the ALFTP server is running, this displays details on
how many users are connected and all user actions taken.
- Options (O)
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