Transfer View
The file transfer operations between the local and the remote host computer are displayed on the File Transfer window's Transfer View. Transfer View consists of the Transfer page and the Queue page. Click the appropriate tab on top of Transfer View to change between the pages.
Transfer Page
The Transfer page of Transfer View displays a list of files that have been transferred between the computers. The page gives the following information on the transferred files:
- Direction
The direction of the transfer is depicted with an arrow icon. Uploads are marked with an arrow pointing up, and downloads with a donwwards pointing arrow.
- Source File
The original name of the file in the source system.
- Source Directory
The directory where the file was transferred from.
- Destination Directory
The directory where the file was transferred to.
- Size
The size of the file, expressed in bytes.
- Status
The transfer status of the file. Files waiting for the transfer
to start are marked as Queued. The status of ongoing
transfers is displayed as a progress bar. Successfully
transferred files are marked as Complete. Files whose
transfer operation has been cancelled, are marked as
Cancelled.
Errors that prevent the file transfer from completing are
displayed in the status column as well. Files that cannot be
transferred due to an error are marked with the Error
tag.
- Speed
The speed of the transfer operation, expressed in kilobytes per second (kB/s).
- Time
During the transfer operation the Time column displays the estimated time to complete the transfer. After the transfer has been completed, the actual time used for the transfer is displayed.
To stop transferring files, select the files that you do not want to be transferred, right-click the Transfer page and then select the Cancel option from the shortcut menu.
To delete files from the queue, select the files that you do not want to keep in the Transfer page, right-click the Transfer page and then select the Remove option from the shortcut menu.
To transfer again files that were not succesfully transferred previously, select the files, right-click the Transfer page and then select the Retry option from the shortcut menu.
To remove files from the local directory, select the files that you do not want to keep in the local directory, right-click the Transfer page and then select the Delete Local File option from the shortcut menu.
To remove files from the remote directory, select the files that you do not want to keep in the remote directory, right-click the Transfer page and then select the Delete Remote File option from the shortcut menu.
To remove completely transferred and cancelled files from the Transfer page, right-click the Transfer page and then select the Clear Finished option from the shortcut menu.
To export the list into a text file, right-click the Transfer page and then select the Export List option from the shortcut menu. The Save As dialog appears, allowing you to specify the location and name of the text file. The text file will contain the path and file names of the transferred files in both the remote and local system, and the file size, separated by commas. This option can be used to maintain a log of your file transfers.
Queue Page
The Queue page of Transfer View can be used to create a customized list of files that are to be transferred at a later stage. You can use the mouse to drag and drop files on the Queue page, where they then wait to be transferred.
Alternatively you can right-click on the Queue page and select the Add option from the shortcut menu to add more files to the queue. The Edit Transfer Queue dialog appears. Then click the New button above the list area to type in the path to a new file to be transferred, or click the ellipsis button (...) to open a file selector dialog.
To edit the target locations of the queued files, select a file to edit, right-click the Queue page and choose Edit from the shortcut menu. The Edit Transfer Queue dialog appears, allowing you to type in a new destination directory for the file. You can also click the ellipsis button (...) to open a file selector dialog that you can use to select the destination directory.
You can use the Edit option for several files at the same time, but the direction of the transfer (upload or download) must be the same for all of the files.
To delete files from the queue, select the unwanted files, right-click the Queue page and choose Remove from the shortcut menu.
To transfer single files, select them, right-click the Queue page and choose Transfer from the shortcut menu.
To transfer all the queued files, right-click the Queue page and choose Transfer All from the shortcut menu.
