JADE Advanced File Transfer

Introduction

JADE provides a wide range of basic and advanced file transfer features 

JADE offers the following file transfer features:

• ASCII and binary transfer modes
• Recursive transfer of files in subfolders
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• Pre- and post-processing of file transfers
• A test mode

A full list of file transfer features can be found in JADE File Transfer Features

Basic Features

• Send and receive, e.g. move and/or copy, files by FTP to/from a target host.
• A wide range of protocols:
  
  • FTP, SFTP, FPTS, 
  • HTTP/HTTPS   FEATURE AVAILABILITY STARTING FROM RELEASE 1.7
  • WebDAV FEATURE AVAILABILITY STARTING FROM RELEASE 1.8  
  • File System, UNC names, Samba (SMB)
• Host to host file transfer without touch down, using different protocolss, e.g. transfer from SFTP to FTP.
• Execute commands by SSH on the source and/or the target host at the beginning or the end or during transmission.
• Send files by FTP or SFTP to a jump host and forward them by FTP or SFTP to a target host.
  Different transfer protocols can be used between local host and jump_host and between jump_host and target host.
• Receive files from a remote host by FTP or SFTP to a jump host and forward them by FTP or SFTP to the local host.
  Different protocols can be used for transfer between the hosts.
• Password and public key authentication are supported for SFTP.
• File transfer parameterisation by command line parameters and/or by configuration files.
  There is a common syntax for parameters, no matter what transfer type is configured.
• All parameters are specified on the client exclusively.
• Logging and error handling are provided; errors are detected on a per file basis.

Advanced Features

• Selection of files which names are matched by a regular expression.
• Polling (waiting) for files.
• Checking the steady state of all files before starting transfer.
• Recursive transfer of files in sub folders.
• Atomic Transfer to avoid any partially transferred file being picked up by directory watchers.
• Transactional Behaviour.
• Check transferred files for completeness.
• Handling of empty files.
• Renaming of files.
• Use of alternative access data and credentials
• Support for UNC paths in directory names.
• Track record of file transfers.
• Parallel file transfer (multithreading).
• Creating and checking hash values (e.g. MD5).
  Compress (e.g. with ZLIB ) or zip files or groups of files.
• Using the compression feature of the server, if present and possible.
• Rename files without transfer.
• Delete files without transfer.

Resources

Feature in detail

How To ... Instructions

Frequently Asked Questions

Examples in detail