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= Put a file with FTP

== Description

Use the Put a file with FTP action to upload a file to an FTP server.

== Options

=== General

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|Option|Description
|Workflow action name|The name of the workflow action. *Note*: This name has to be unique in a single workflow. A workflow action can be placed several times on the canvas, however it will be the same workflow action.
|FTP server name/IP address|The name of the server or the IP address.
|Port|Port number of the FTP server.
|Username|The user name associated with FTP server account.
|Password|The password associated the FTP server account.
|Proxy host|Proxy server host name.
|Proxy port|Proxy server port number.
|Proxy username|Proxy server account user name.
|Proxy password|Proxy server account password.
|Binary mode|Enable if files must be transferred in binary mode.
|Timeout|The FTP server timeout in seconds.
|Use Active FTP connection|Enable if you are connecting to the FTP server using Active mode; you must set your firewall to accept connections to the port that your FTP client will open. The default is Passive mode.
|Control Encoding|Encoding matters when retrieving file names that contain special characters. For Western Europe and the USA, ISO-8859-1 usually suffices. Select encoding that is valid for your server. 
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=== Files

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|Option|Description
|Local directory|The local directory from which to upload.
|Browse...|Browse the filesystem for a local directory.
|Wildcard (regular expression)|
|Remove files after transferal|Whether or not to remove files after they've been uploaded.
|Don't overwrite files|Skip already existing files.
|Remote directory|The remote directory.
|Test folder|Test if the remote directory exists.
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=== Socks Proxy

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|Option|Description
|Host|Socks Proxy host name.
|Port|Socks Proxy port number.
|Username|User name associated with the Socks Proxy account.
|Password|Password associated with the Socks Proxy account.
|===