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Chapter 5: Managing Files and Folders
This chapter deals with using WS_FTP Pro to manage files and folders on both local and remote systems. Managing files and folders includes:
Viewing and Navigating
WS_FTP provides many tools and techniques for viewing and navigating files and folders.
This section points out various structures on the WS_FTP Pro window that allow you to view files and folders, and to navigate both local and remote systems.
The Address bar displays the complete path to the FTP site directory you are currently connected to.
The left side of the WS_FTP Pro window shows your local system, and where on that system you are. The Local Directory listing displays everything that is visible in the folder identified in the Local System box.
Click on one of the Local Drives icons in the Local Directory listing to access that drive.
The right side of the WS_FTP Pro window shows the Remote System (FTP site) you are connected to. The Remote Directory listing displays everything that is visible in the folder identified in the Remote System box.
The way these listings look can be changed by the Display Icons, and can be refreshed (to make sure you are looking at the most up-to-date list of files and folders) by clicking the Refresh button next to the directory list box.
Click the ChgDir (Change Directory) button to type in a folder or local drive you want to navigate to.
Working with Files and Folders
WS_FTP Pro gives you a variety of features that make it quick and easy to organize, manipulate, and delete files and folders.
The graphic below points out key features used during these tasks.
The Command buttons are very important to managing your files. The following is a description of the buttons that pertain to this section:
ChDir - Change Directory. The ChDir command offers one way for you to change to a directory on the current system.
MkDir - Make Directory. The Make Directory command allows you to create a folder/directory on your PC or on the FTP site if possible. (Not all FTP sites allow you to create folders; you must have an account on the site and "create" permissions.) When you select this command, you are prompted for a folder name that is valid for the current system.
View. The View command allows you to view a file. If you select a filename on an FTP site and then click View, the file is transferred to a temporary folder and is opened in the default text viewer.
Execute. The Execute command allows you to open an application on a remote server. When you select this command, WS_FTP Pro downloads the file to a temp directory and runs the application associated with the file. If there is no association available, the user will be prompted with the `Open With' dialog.
Rename. Use Rename to change the name of a selected file or folder.
Delete. The Delete command allows you to delete a file or folder on your PC or on the current FTP site, if you have the appropriate permissions. The files do NOT go to the Windows Recycle Bin.
DirInfo - Directory Information. The Directory Info command opens a text document that displays information about the current directory. This document opens in the default Text Viewer (as specified on the General tab of Program Options). WS_FTP displays as much information as the FTP site delivers. Depending on the site, for each file or folder within the current directory, the following information may be shown: size, type, permission, creation date, date last modified, and name.
Click and Drag for Organization
You can organize your files by clicking on the files and dragging them to the folder you want to move them to. This is not an FTP transfer when you move the file from one folder to another on the same system.
Changing the File Permissions for UNIX Sites
You can change permissions for a file on a UNIX FTP site, provided you have permission.
- Select the file, select FTP Commands from the right-mouse menu, and then select chmod (UNIX).
- Do one of the following:
- Select the desired options by clicking the appropriate
check boxes.- Enter a three- or four-digit number that represents the options (as described in the table below).
- Click the OK button.
Background Information
Permissions can also be expressed as three- or four-digit values;
for example: 1644.
- The first digit is interpreted as follows:
- If the first digit is 1 (known in UNIX circles as the "sticky bit"), it sets the link permission to directories or sets the
"save-text" attribute for a file.- If the first digit is 2, it sets the group ID on execution.
- If the first digit is 4, it sets the user ID on execution.
- The second digit expresses Owner permissions
- The third, Group permissions
- The fourth, Other.
Four-digit values are used in the WS_FTP Pro log, in the message area, and by some system administrators and ISPs.
The table below shows how WS_FTP Pro check box options correspond to the last three digits. The third column shows the possible values for Owner, Group, and Other as viewed in the ten-position value in the first column of a directory list for a UNIX site.
Selected options in WS_FTP Pro 2nd, 3rd, or 4th digit of 4-digit number Permissions in directory list none Execute Write Write, Execute Read Read, Execute Read, Write Read, Write, Execute In the directory list, the first position indicates whether the item is a file (-, s, S, or t) or directory (d), while positions two through ten show the permissions for Owner, Group, and Other.
For example, the value 751 corresponds to drwxr-x--x in the directory list. This expression is comprised of four parts
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