Overview

The following overview is useful for quick orientation with respect to which C program calls are available for which tasks. The corresponding FT commands which the user can work with on the shell level are indicated in brackets (see manual "openFT (Unix and Windows systems) - Command Interface").

File transfer function

ft_transfer

Transfer file (ft or ncopy)

Functions for managing asynchronous file transfer requests

ft_open	Open session
ft_close	Close session
ft_reqlist	Determine requests that have not been completed
ft_reqstat	Determine request status
ft_reqterm	Terminate request
ft_cancel	Abort request (ftcanr)

File management functions

ft_show	Determine the attributes of a file or directory in the remote system (ftshw)
ft_showdir	Determine all file attributes of a directory in the remote system (ftshw -d)
ft_delete	Delete a file or directory in the remote system (delete file: ftdel; delete directory: ftdeldir)
ft_credir	Create a directory in the remote system (ftcredir)
ft_sd*	Function group used to determine the attributes of all the files in a directory in the remote system. Comprises the following individual functions: ft_sdopen Start identification of attributes of all the files in a directory in the remote system ft_sdinfo Read out file attributes ft_sdclose End identification of file attributes

Function for querying properties of the program interface

ft_properties

Determine properties of the program interface

Functions for remote command execution

ft_xc*

Function group for the synchronous execution of a command in the remote system. Comprises the following individual functions: ft_xcopen Execute command in the remote system ft_xcinfo Read the data generated by the command ft_xcclose Terminate command execution