File Management

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File Management

Manage files on remote hosts.

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File(s) to Be Copied/Deleted

A list of some number of Files and/or directories to be copied or deleted on the remote host.

	Add file...	Displays the add file dialog. Multiple files can be selected by holding down Ctrl or Shift keys.
	Add folder...	Displays the add folder dialog. The contents will be recursively copied to the target system.
	Remove	Removes selected item from the list.
	Remove all	Removes all items from the list.

Copy Files

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Copies files to remote hosts.

Destination Directory

The target path for the copying operation. If Mirror local directory structure is checked, all files will be copied to the same paths as the local machine. If unchecked, then a remote path must be specified and all files will be copied using this path as the root. In this case the user is responsible for making sure that file names do not conflict. Results are undefined in the case of a naming conflict. In particular AutoAdministrator makes no guarantees as to which copy of the file, if either, will be written to the destination,

For example, suppose the following three items are in the list:

c:\mydir

c:\folder1\textfile.txt

c:\folder2\textfile2.txt

If Mirror local directory structure is checked, then after copying the remote machine will have the following items:

c:\mydir\<contents of mydir>

c:\folder1\textfile.txt

c:\folder2\textfile2.txt

If Mirror local directory structure is not checked, and the target directory is set to c:\targetFldr\, then after copying the remote machine will have the following items:

c:\targetFldr\mydir\<contents of mydir>

c:\targetFldr\textfile.txt

c:\targetFldr\textfile2.txt

Finally, suppose the file list also contained c:\folder3\textfile.txt and that Mirror local directory structure is not checked. In this case there is name clash between c:\folder1\textfile.txt and c:\folder3\textfile.txt. The state of the target machine is undefined in this case.

Create Directory if it Does not Exist

If checked this option cause the target directory structure to be created on the remote machine, if needed. If unchecked the target directories must exist, or the copy operation will fail.

Overwrite Existing Files

If checked, this forces existing remote files to be replaced by the local files.

Care must be used when selecting this option. This could result in replacing newer file versions with older ones, which could destabilize the target system. This option should only be used when it is certain that local file versions are correct. This operation cannot be undone.

Delete Files

Deletes files on remote hosts.

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Care must be used when selecting this option. This operation cannot be undone.

Delete Read-Only Files

Deletes files on the remote host even when the files are marked as "read-only".

Recursively Remove Directories

For every folder specified in the "Files to be deleted" list, selecting this option will delete all files and folders that are contained within that folder. The folder itself will then be deleted. If this option is not selected, then only empty folders will be successfully deleted.