Event Settings

To access transfer event settings

1. On the main menu, click Tools, then click Global Options (or press ALT+F7).

2. Expand the Transfer node, then click Events. The Events options appear.

3. Configure options as described below.

• In the After all transfers have finished box, specify one of the following actions:

• Do Nothing - Keep the connection and CuteFTP open after all transfers are complete.

• Disconnect from site - Close the connection, but keep CuteFTP open after all transfers are complete.

• Disconnect and close program - Close all connections and close CuteFTP after all transfers are complete.

• Disconnect from Internet - Close the dial-up connection automatically after all transfers are complete.

• Shut Down Computer - Close all connections, close CuteFTP, close the dial-up connection, and shut down the computer after all transfers are complete.

• Log Off - Log the current user off the computer automatically after all transfers are complete.

• Select the Remove successful transfer items from the queue automatically check box to erase items from the queue after they have transferred. Clear the check box to keep items in the queue even after they have transferred.

  As old items build up in the queue, it can consume large amounts of memory. Selecting this option avoids that problem.

• In the Close the file transfer thread n seconds after the transfer is finished box, specify the time that CuteFTP will wait to close the data connection after a transfer is complete. Leaving data connections open allows more transfers to use the same connection, avoiding the need to open new connections. Specify a time between 0 and 1,000 seconds.

• Select the Preserve remote time stamp for downloaded files check box to keep a downloaded file's time stamp the same on the local machine as it is on the server. Clear the check box to allow the local machine to give downloaded files a new time stamp.

• Select the Preserve the local time stamp for uploaded files if the server allows MDTM check box to keep an uploaded file's time stamp the same on the server as it is on the local machine. Clear the check box to allow the server to give uploaded files a new time stamp.

  The FTP command MODIFICATION TIME (MDTM) can be used to determine when a file on the server was last modified. The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) does not endorse using MDTM to modify a remote file's time stamp; however, quite a few servers support it. CuteFTP attempts the command when requested, and reports any errors in the log (if received).

• Select the Execute the following command on the downloaded file check box to execute the command value on the specified executable file displayed in the edit box below the check box. Browse for the file to define the path of an executable, batch file, and so on. You can enter your own command line parameters by typing them in the edit box; the system appends the full path of the downloaded file to that string.
  
  For example, if the Execute the following command value is "c:\windows\system32\csript.exe" "c:\documents and settings\ghoffer\mydocuments\check.vbs", then with this value turned on, if you download a file "foo.dat" to "d:\temp\", the command is executed in the following way:
  
  "c:\windows\system32\cscript.exe" "c:\documents and settings\ghoffer\mydocuments\check.vbs" "d:\temp\foo.dat"

4. Click Apply if you are going to make changes to other pages; click OK to save changes and close the Global Options dialog box.