Property Type

Select the way the connection details
will be set.

• Built-In: The connection details will be set
  locally for this component. You need to specify the values for all
  related connection properties manually.

• Repository: The connection details stored
  centrally in Repository > Metadata will be reused by this component. You need to click
  the […] button next to it and in the pop-up
  Repository Content dialog box, select the
  connection details to be reused, and all related connection
  properties will be automatically filled in.

Use an existing connection

Select this check box and in the Component List click the relevant connection component to
reuse the connection details you already defined.

Host

The IP address or hostname of the FTP server.

Port

The listening port number of the FTP server.

Username and Password

The user authentication data to access the FTP server.

To enter the password, click the […] button next to the
password field, and then in the pop-up dialog box enter the password between double quotes
and click OK to save the settings.

Remote directory

The remote directory under which the file or the directory will
be checked.

Move to the current directory

Select this check box to change the directory to the one specified in the
Remote directory field. The next FTP component in the Job will
take this directory as the root of the remote directory when using the same
connection.

This property is available only when the Use an existing
connection check box is selected.

Target Type

Select the type of the target to be checked, either
File or Directory.

File Name

The name of the file or the path to the file to be checked.

This property is available only when File is selected
from the Target Type list.

Directory Name

The name of the directory or the path to the directory to be checked.

This property is available only when Directory is
selected from the Target Type list.

SFTP Support

Select this check box to connect to the FTP server via an SFTP connection.

Authentication method

Select the SFTP authentication method, either Public key or
Password.

• Public key: Enter the path to the private key and the
  passphrase for the key in the Private key and Key
  Passphrase fields correspondingly.

• Password: Enter the password required.

This property is available only when the
SFTP Support check box is selected.

Filename encoding

Select this check box to set the encoding used to convert file names from Strings to
bytes. It should be the same encoding used on the SFTP server. If the SFTP server’s
version is greater than 3, the encoding should be UTF-8, or else
an error occurs.

This property is available only when the
SFTP Support check box is selected.

FTPS Support

Select this check box to connect to the FTP server via an FTPS
connection.

If you are using an HTTP proxy, via a tSetProxy component for example,
you need to select this check box and set the connection mode to
Passive.

Keystore File

The path to your keystore file, a password protected file containing several keys and
certificates.

This property is available only when the
FTPS Support check box is selected.

Keystore Password

The password for your keystore file.

This property is available only when the
FTPS Support check box is selected.

Security Mode

Select the security mode from the list, either Implicit or
Explicit.

This property is available only when the
FTPS Support check box is selected.

Connection mode

Select the connection mode from the list, either Passive or
Active.

Encoding

Specify the encoding type by selecting an encoding type from the list or selecting
CUSTOM and enter the encoding type manually.

Use Socks Proxy

Select this check box if you are using a proxy, and in the Proxy
host, Proxy port, Proxy user
and Proxy password fields displayed, specify the proxy server
settings information.

Ignore Failure At Quit (FTP)

Select this check box to ignore library closing errors or FTP closing errors.

Data Channel Protection Level

The data channel protection level with which data is transferred between the client and
the server. For more information, see RFC
2228: FTP Security Extensions.

This property is available only
when the FTPS Support check box is selected.

Protection Buffer Size

The maximum size (in bytes) of the encoded data blocks to be transferred between the
client and the server. For more information, see RFC
2228: FTP Security Extensions.

This property is available only
when the FTPS Support check box is selected.

Connection timeout

tStatCatcher Statistics

Select this check box to gather the Job processing metadata at the Job level
as well as at each component level.

ERROR_MESSAGE

The error message generated by the component when an error occurs. This is an After
variable and it returns a string.

EXISTS

The result of whether a specified file/directory exists. This is a Flow variable and it
returns a boolean.

FILENAME

The name of the file/directory processed. This is an After variable and it returns a
string.

Usage rule

This component is typically used as a single-component subJob
but can also be used with other components.