GENERAL SETTINGS

It is possible to monitor files located on a remote computer via FTP protocol: press the Source type button and select FTP item. The new settings window will emerge.

FTP

"FTP account name" - select FTP server the task should connect to from the list. To add an account with the connection parameters for a new FTP server or edit the existing one you can in the account manager. To enter it press the button on the right side of the field.

"Account manager" button - click to open the Account Manager window.

"GO" [Test account] button - click to verify if the account parameters specified correctly. For the account validation other fields (such as port, user name, password, etc.) of the selected account must be filled with required values as well in the Account Manager.

"File list" - enter the names of the files separated by ";" into this field. It can be done manually, and it is also possible to use the dialog box to select the files. To open the dialog box click on the picture button right from the field. It can be a filename or a name of a group of files. It is possible to use the "*" and "?" characters in filenames (for example, *.txt; A???.*). To include all files leave the field blank.

"Server directory" - a name of the FTP server directory, where the files are located. That should be a full path from the server's root. If a remote server operating system is VMS see VMS FTP server section.

"File list" - enter the names of the files separated by ";" into this field. It can be done manually, and it is also possible to use the dialog box to select the files. To open the dialog box click on the picture button right from the field. It can be a filename or a name of a group of files. It is possible to use the "*" and "?" characters in filenames (for example, *.txt; A???.*). To include all files leave the field blank.

The Server directory and File list fields can include macro strings.

"Process subdirectories" - mark this check box to follow the changes both in the selected folder and its subfolders. It is possible to specify a list of subfolders separated by ";" in the field below. If all subfolders have to be included leave the field blank.

The Server directory, Exclude directories, Include files, Exclude files fields can include %DATE=date_format%macro string.

ADDITIONAL OPTIONS

Additional options:

Additional options for source FTP server

Exclude files and folders

"Exclude folder list" - you can set the list of folders excluded from monitoring separated by ";" in this field. It can be done manually, and it is also possible to use the dialog box to select the files. To open the dialog box click on the picture button at the end of the address field.

"Exclude file list" - you can set the list of files excluded from monitoring separated by ";" in this field.

The Include folders, Exclude folders, Backup folder, Include files, Exclude files fields can include %DATE=date_format% macro string.

"Report about" - you can select whether you want to count either new files and folders or new files only.

Extended Filter

"Enable extended filter" - enable or disable applying  of the extended filter.

"Extended filter properties" - the additional settings which allow to select the files by size or date.

"Delete empty folders" - mark this box to allow AnyFileBackup  to search and delete empty folders (the folders with no files or subfolders inside) after the replication is done. Please note: this option has less priority than Skip folders without files option.

"Delete empty folder"s - mark this box to allow AnyFileBackup  to search and delete empty folders (the folders with no files or subfolders inside) after the replication is done.

"Content adjustment" - mark this box to delete any extra files (which do not exist in the Source folder) from the Destination folder(s) and copy files which do not exist in the Destination folder(s) from the Source folder  to the Destination ones, i.e. every Destination folder will be exactly the same as the Source. Content adjustment doesn't affect destination folders if the folder name is in the list of the excluded from replication source folders. Please note if the source and destination roots are different it is necessary to specify full path in the exclude folder list to avoid the destination folder removing.
 

"Convert file name" - allows to change a file name case to upper or lower.

"Do not alert if the server is inaccessible" - if the specified server is off-line or doesn't exist the task will not set ON ERROR condition and make any error messages. When the server becomes accessible the task will be executed as usual.

"Skip locked or inaccessible files" - if a replicated file is in used by some other application and it is not acceptable for reading the locked file will be marked for the replication on the next scheduled check cycle. This option can not be used for one-to-one and differential replication types.

"Use FTP compression (MODE Z)" - enable this option to increase performance on slower networks. It will transmit data to and from the server in compressed form to reduce the send and receive time. Requires support on the FTP server side.

"Do not copy original file timestamp" - do not restore the original file timestamp after the file is replicated. Can be applied if the FTP server supports MDTM command.

"Maximum speed, b/s" - allows to use a bandwidth throttling for a files transfer. Blank or 0 in that field switches off the throttling, any other value limits the maximum speed of the files transfer to the provided value in bytes per second.

"Copy order" - parameter specifying an order in which the files to be copied:

without any order;

ascending alphabetical order;

descending alphabetical order;

older files will be copied first;

newer files will be copied first;

smaller files will be copied first;

larger files will be copied first;

Track parameters

"Track parameters" - if one or several of the marked parameters (Timestamp, Size, NTFS permissions, Attributes, Checksum) of a file  is changed the file will be replicated.

NOTE: checksum calculation could take a lot of time if a file is long.

NOTE: some parameters are not applicable for files accessing by FTP protocol.