Configure Ftask

Config file pull lines

Note that lines starting with # are ignored.
#Pull;protocol;Description;server;user;password;remote dir;local dest dir;optional match pattern;pull all files;delete after pull; remote archive dir;pull recursively; suffix to add; log name of this row;timestamp log
This entry will pull from server 13.45.125.9 folder /user/home/gopher all files, delete them without archiving on the server, but not recursively
Pull;ftp;My filesource;132.99.99.99;user1;userpass1;source_files;c:\work\downloaded_files;;T;T;;F;;my_filesource_log;T

Config file push lines

#Push;protocol;Dest description;server;user;password;local source dir;remote dest dir;optional match pattern;push all files;delete after push;local archive dir;push recursively;log name;timestamp log
This entry will push to server 192.168.0.2 folder ./filedrop. All files in local folder c:\work\files (but not subfolders) will be pushed and then deleted, but a local copy will be written to c:\work\archive first
Push;sftp;my dest;192.168.0.2;user1;userpass1;c:\work\files;./filedrop;;t;t;c:\work\archive;f;push_files.log;t

Authentication

Note that the user name and password fields can be empty in Ftask config file lines. If they are empty, Ftask will use values from the .netrc file (_netrc on Windows). If user name and password are specified, the netrc file will be updated with the new values.