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File Transfer

The profile-specific file transfer settings can be configured using the File Transfer page located on the Profile Settings branch of the Settings dialog. The new settings will affect subsequently started File Transfer windows.

The profile-specific file transfer settings affect how ASCII (plain text) files are handled. On Windows systems, a line break is specified by using two special characters, Carriage Return and Linefeed (CRLF, with ASCII values of 13 and 10). Unix systems use only Linefeed (LF, or the ASCII value 10) for this purpose. When the correct ASCII transfer settings are specified, SSH Secure Shell for Workstations will perform the required line break conversion automatically.

Note: If you are connecting to an SSH Secure Shell for Workstations (SSH Secure Shell) version 3.2 server or newer, the host type does not need to be configured. If the server version is older or produced by some other vendor, the host type may need to be specified.

Figure : The profile-specific File Transfer page of the Settings dialog.

ASCII transfer with old servers

• Detect Windows server from the version string

  Select this checkbox to automatically detect Windows servers and use the correct setting for them. For this feature to work correctly, the Windows server has to specify "windows" in its version string.

• Unix

  Select the Unix checkbox to use Unix compatible line breaks (LF).

• Windows

  Select the Windows checkbox to use Windows compatible line breaks (CRLF).

• Ask before ASCII transfer

  If you select this checkbox, the client will ask you to specify the server type before each ASCII file transfer.