You may not have been reviewing and the removing the Auto FTP Manager log files files for a very long time. If you do not need to view the logs, turn off logging from File > Settings Transfer Log. Next, backup the profiles from File > Backup Profiles, then restore them from File > Restore Profiles. This will reduce the size of the Profile.fdb quickly.

Yes, Auto FTP Manager can run the scheduled transfers as a service. When you create the schedule, assign a username and password to run the schedule. Please see this page for an illustration: https://www.deskshare.com/help/afm/ScheduledProfiles.aspx Once the username and password is assigned, the schedule will execute even when Windows is logged off.

Auto FTP Manager is able to select files based on date. You can select files that have been modified today using the file filters. Please see this page for details: https://www.deskshare.com/help/afm/Filters.aspx

Auto FTP Manager allows you to combine filters to get the result you need. You can select files that have a modified date of today using the file filters. Please see this page for details: https://www.deskshare.com/help/afm/Filters.aspx Also, use the file size filter to select files that have changed. This way you will have files that have been modified by date or size for today.

Auto FTP Manager allows you to be notified by email if there is an error during transfer or even simply after every transfer. Please see this page for more information on configuring the log files and the email notifications: https://www.deskshare.com/help/afm/TransferLogSettings.aspx

Auto FTP Manager has 3 types of profiles - Standard, Automated, and Scheduled. An automated transfer job can be run manually or it can be scheduled. Manual execution is useful when you do not have a fixed schedule for transferring those sets of files. To have your automated transfer run automatically, create a schedule for it. More information on scheduling transfers is available here: https://www.deskshare.com/help/afm/ScheduledProfiles.aspx

A single purchase of Auto FTP Manager is licensed to 1 computer. There is no restriction on the number of FTP profiles you can create. The license does not expire. If you need to run Auto FTP Manager on multiple computers, please purchase a license for each.

Auto FTP Manager can transfer multiple files simultaneously. Each transfer requires several steps between the FTP server and the FTP client - requesting the file, checking permissions, etc. The actual transfer is quick, the steps may take time especially on a busy FTP server. You can adjust the number of concurrent transfers. This will maximize your available network bandwidth to speed up your transfer time. Concurrent transfer only help if you have multiple files, they will not speed up a single file transfer. You can adjust the concurrent transfer using the instructions on this page: https://www.deskshare.com/help/afm/Connectionsettings.aspx

Auto FTP Manager will adapt to most resolutions automatically so that text is clear and everything is easily visible. It sounds like you may need to adjust the DPI on your display. DPI [Dots Per Inch] is the number of dots the screen displays per linear inch. From the control panel, set the resolution to native i.e., the one which is recommended by windows and then adjust the DPI. To avoid common issues like clipped, blurred or Off-screen buttons, set the DPI to 100% (96 DPI) and then adjust to higher numbers until your text is clear and everything is properly displayed in your windows.

Auto FTP Manager provides filtering of files that will allow you to upload new files that have been created in the past xx days. If you are running your profile daily, select to upload new files from the source from today. Here is a page from the help file that illustrates how the setting: https://www.deskshare.com/help/afm/Filters.aspx

You can run Auto FTP Manager as a Windows Cluster Generic Application. The cluster software will start the application. The Windows cluster software periodically queries the operating system to see whether the application is running. It will restart automatically when needed.

Yes, Auto FTP Manager will use the logged in user account. This is done so that the user account is confirmed to have correct permissions to use Auto FTP Manager and have a scheduled transfer. To change the user account, simply log in as the user you want the job to run under and then create the schedule.

Under the conflict resolution, you can set Auto FTP Manager to automatically append the date and time when the file already exists. More information on conflict resolution is available here: https://www.deskshare.com/help/afm/ActionRules.aspx

Yes, Auto FTP Manager supports FTPS connections. The authentication is defined when creating the profile, the certificate is accepted from the FTP server during connection. Create your profiles, and enter your username and password. Make sure to select FTPS from the type of connection. Choose implicit when using port 990, and use explicit when using port 21. You will be prompted during connection if you manually run the automated transfer, the certificate is automatically accepted when the transfer runs on a schedule.

Each digit in the permissions is a flag that signifies what is allowed to be done with your file, reading, writing or executing. Here is a breakdown of how it works: Permissions: 1 – can execute 2 – can write 4 – can read The octal number is the sum of those free permissions, i.e. 3 (1+2) – can execute and write 6 (2+4) – can write and read Position of the digit in value: 1 – what owner can 2 – what users in the file group(class) can 3 – what users not in the file group(class) can Examples: chmod 600 file – owner can read and write chmod 700 file – owner can read, write and execute chmod 644 file – owner can read and write, all can read chmod 777 file – all can read, write and execute If you would like to keep the permissions on 600, edit the automated profile in Auto FTP Manager, and change the FTP login and password to the owner of the file and directory your are transferring from.

Files that are actively open and being written to will not transfer. Try Auto FTP Manager on a automated schedule of every 10 minutes. Only the files that are completely encoded, and no longer being written to, will be transferred.

You can turn on logging for every transfer, or you can have Auto FTP Manager send you a email after a scheduled transfer. Please see this page for more information: https://www.deskshare.com/help/afm/TransferLogSettings.aspx

The easiest method is to schedule 2 separate automated transfers in Auto FTP Manager. First, schedule the transfer from your FTP to the c:\To_Procecss folder. Next, have a new and changed files transfer from c:\To_Process to c:\Backup.

Yes, you can do both with Auto FTP Manager. Here are the settings you will need: In the transfer rules select 'After Transfer Delete files from source'. This will delete the files after a successful transfer. To only transfer files older than 24 months, click on Filters and select 'Modification Date' and choose to transfer files over 720 days old.

Auto FTP Manager will use multiple transfer channels if your FTP server allows it. For ProFTPD you can use the MaxClientsPerUser directive in the proftpd.conf file. This directive controls the number of logins allowed per user. Increase the number to 7 or higher and Auto FTP Manager will use multiple transfer channels when moving large numbers of files.