Using tools

WS_FTP Professional comes equipped with several tools and utilities that allow you to:

• When a transfer has completed, use post transfer actions to delete, move, or rename the source files.
• Automate transfers to run unattended.
• Synchronize files and folders so that the most recent versions are maintained in multiple locations.
• Back up files to local and remote drives.
• Search for files and folders on multiple FTP servers with a remote site search tool.
• Search for files and file content on your local computer, with a Microsoft® desktop search tool, Google™ Desktop Search, or Copernic Desktop Search™.
• Integrate WS_FTP Professional into your Web browser, so that when you enter an FTP URL into the address bar of a browser or click on a link to an FTP server, WS_FTP Professional handles the transfer.
• Create HotDrops (shortcuts) to frequently used FTP servers.
• Use file integrity verification, with encryption for CRC32, MD5, SHA1, SHA256, and SHA512, to validate that transferred files have not been compromised.
• Use the skip unmodified files content comparison option to determine whether files should be updated between sites. Files are transferred only when they are not the same on the source and target sites.

For detailed information on the above features, see the WS_FTP Tools Guide.