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Reference materials for WS_FTP

Opening WS_FTP
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From your own PC on campus:

1. Locate the shortcut to WS_FTP either as an icon on your desktop or from the Start menu, in Programs etc.

From an Information Services Computer Resource Area (ISCRA)

1. In the Novell Applications Launcher (NAL) window, open the Accessing the Internet folder
2. Double click on the WS_FTP icon
   

The Session Profile dialogue box appears.

Making a connection (logging on) to the unix service
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1. In the session profile dialogue box (see Figure 1), in the Host Name: box enter ftp.nottingham.ac.uk
2. In the User ID: box, enter your username
3. In the Password: box enter your password
4. Click on OK

Figure 1 – the Session Profile dialogue box in WS_FTP

The Session Profile dialogue box disappears and the WS_FTP window will now show a file listing on the left for the Local System (your PC) and a file listing on the right for the Remote System (your account on granby).

Note that the connection to the unix service will close automatically if you do not use it for 5 minutes. When you try to work with files on the remote server, you will see a message in the message area like "Connection closed as you have not done anything productive for 300seconds".

To reconnect to the unix service

1. Click on the Close button in the bottom left hand corner of the window to close the current connection
   The button changes into a Connect button.
2. Click on the Connect button
   The Session Profile dialogue box appears (see Figure 1 above).
3. Fill in the details as in steps 1-4 above

The WS_FTP window
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Navigating around folders (or directories) on your PC and on the unix service
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You will need to navigate to particular folders (or directories) on your Local System (your PC) and on the Remote System (the unix service) before you can copy files back and forth. Make sure that you can see the file that you want to copy over, and that the folder (or directory) that you want to copy it into is open.

• To change drive on the Local System (your PC). double click on the blue icon next to the drive that you want to open
• To open a folder (or directory), double click on the yellow icon next to the folder that you want to open
• To close the current folder (or directory) and move up one level, double click on the green arrow at the top of the file listing

Uploading (copying) files from your PC to the unix service
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When you have navigated so that you can see the file that you want to copy from your PC, and have opened the folder on granby into which you want to place the copy of the file:

1. Highlight the file(s) you wish to upload
2. Select the appropriate file transfer format
   ASCII for web pages (text documents), Binary for images, Word documents etc
3. Click on the right-pointing arrow button in the panel between the two panes

You will see the file(s) listed on granby.

Note that all your web pages and associated images etc. must be inside the public_html folder, or inside further folders (or directories) within the public_html folder in order for them to be accessible by people browsing the web.

Downloading (copying) files from the unix serviceto your PC
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When you have navigated to find the file that you want to copy from the remote server, and have opened the folder on your PC into which you want to place the copy of the file:

1. Highlight the file(s) you wish to download
2. Select the appropriate file transfer format
   ASCII for web pages (text documents), Binary for images, Word documents etc
3. Click on the left-pointing arrow button in the panel between the two panes

You will see the file(s) listed on your PC.

Creating new folders (or directories)
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1. Open the folder inside which you want the new folder to be created
2. Click on the MkDir (make Directory) button immediately to the right of the pane in which you are working
   The Input dialogue box appears.
3. Enter a name for the folder
4. Click on OK

Note that there are two identical panels of buttons to perform the same functions on the Local System (your PC) or the Remote System (the unix service). Use the panel on the right of the pane in which you are working.

Renaming folders (or directories)
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1. Highlight the folder (or directory) that you wish to rename
2. Click on the Rename button immediately to the right of the pane in which you are working.
   The Input dialogue box appears.
3. Enter a new name for the folder
4. Click on OK

Note that there are two identical panels of buttons to perform the same functions on the Local System (your PC) or the Remote System (the unix service). Use the panel on the right of the pane in which you are working.

Deleting folders (or directories)
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1. Highlight the folder (or directory) that you wish to delete
2. Click on the Delete button immediately to the right of the pane in which you are working.

Note that there are two identical panels of buttons to perform the same functions on the Local System (your PC) or the Remote System (the unix service). Use the panel on the right of the pane in which you are working.

Note that you cannot delete a folder on the unix service which has files or other folders inside it using this method. You will need to delete each file or folder first.

Closing the connection to the unix service
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1. Click on the Close button in the bottom left hand corner of the window

Closing WS_FTP
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1. Click on the Exit button in the bottom right hand corner of the window
   OR
   Click on the in the top right hand corner of the window

last updated: 01 January 1970
by: Rachel Scudamore