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Task properties
General Tab
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Server Settings group
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FTP Server: Enter the IP address or host name of the FTP server to poll.
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User name: Enter the name of a user account on the FTP server.
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Password: If account named in the User name box is password protected, enter the pass-
word here.
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Parse password: Checkbox to determine if the password should be parsed or used
as a literal string. This option is checked by default (parsed) for backwards com-
parability with SFTPI/O plugin versions earlier than 1.3.
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Protocol group
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SFTP: Select if the FTP server uses SFTP (SSH).
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FTPS: Select if the FTP server uses FTPS (SSL/TSL)
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Port Number Group
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Use default port: Check to use the default port used by the protocol selected above.
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Port number: Set to use a specific port number. Note: There is no validation to ensure the
port is available. It is the user's responsibility to ensure the selected port is available and
not being monitored by another application or another PReS Workflow task.
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File Options group
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Directory: Enter the path of the folder to poll on the FTP server. If this box is left empty,
PReS Workflow will poll the root directory.
Note: The given directory will be looked up from the user's home directory. Such a
home directory is usually under the server main user directory and generally
includes the user’s name. For example, if "/tmp/temp/copy_pending" is entered, it
does not point to the "/tmp/temp/copy_pending" directory but to the "/user-
s/support/tmp/temp/copy_pending" directory.
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Masks: Enter a single file name mask. Multiple entries are not allowed in this box.
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Delete remote file: Check this option to delete the file after it has been retrieved by Work-
flow.
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Connection mode group: This group is only relevant to the FTPS protocol and appears when it
is selected. SFTP uses a single connection channel to download all files.
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