Program Options → Options -- FTP

File Transfer Mode

This option selects the end of line translation mode for transmitted files. Generally "Binary" should work for all files, but some servers require "Ascii" for web pages or web scripts (cgi, perl, etc.). With mode "Auto" PyroBatchFTP will use binary unless the file name ends with one of the extensions in the list (list entries are separated by semicolon, for example txt; html; htm; cgi.).

Passive Mode

Some firewalls and FTP servers require the use of this mode to transmit files. It is highly recommended to use this mode whenever possible.

Preserve file date on "Get" commands

This option will use the server's file date for downloaded files. Otherwise the files will get the time stamp of the time at which the transfer occurred. Please not that regular FTP does not support setting the file time for uploads, so uploaded files will always get a current time stamp.

Connection Type and Engine

This setting determines the type of connection (secure or standard FTP) and in case of standard FTP which implementation in PyroBatchFTP should be use to talk to the server. The type selected here will be used unless the script explicitely requests a different type when processing the Connect command.


SSH/SFTP
	A secure implementation of the FTP protocol based on the SSH protocol (note that this is different from the SSL/FTPS variant). This option should be used whenever possible (i.e. whenever the server supports it).
WININET Library
	PyroBatchFTP will use Internet Explorer routines to handle the connection and transfer to a standard ftp server. It is recommended to use this when you can not use SFTP. (This is the engine that was used in PyroBatchFTP v2.xx.).
RFC-FTP
	This is our own implementation of the FTP protocol. It is intended for plain ftp server and you can try to use it if WININET does not work for you.

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