Using CA XCOM Gateway FTP › List and Select Available Policies

List and Select Available Policies

After a successful FTP login, the 'root directory' of the FTP server is automatically selected and you can enter commands to select different sub-directories.

For CA XCOM Gateway, the server's root directory is actually a list of policies, with each policy appearing as a subdirectory. This list includes all configured policies for which you are permitted to upload or download files.

Whenever you upload a file, that file needs to be associated with a single policy. To establish this association, upload the file into the subdirectory for the appropriate policy. In other words, you must first change the server's current directory to select the appropriate policy subdirectory before initiating the file upload.

Likewise, all files stored in CA XCOM Gateway are associated with a policy. To download a file from CA XCOM Gateway, you must again first change the server's current directory to select the appropriate policy subdirectory in order to download files associated with that policy.

If you are using the FTP command line utility

1. To list the contents of the currently selected server directory, enter one of the following FTP commands:
   • dir
   • ls

   When the current directory is the root directory (for example, immediately after login), this command returns a list of policies, which look like subdirectories.

2. To change directory so that you can select a policy, enter the following FTP command :

   cd
   

3. To return to the root directory (list of policies) at any time, enter the following FTP command:

   cd \
   

If you are using your web browser

After you successfully log in, the content of the root directory is displayed on the screen automatically, showing the list of policies as subdirectories.

1. To select a policy, click a policy name in order in the list.
2. To return to the root directory (list of policies) at any time, click the parent directory link.

If you are using an FTP client program

The directory structure of the FTP server is usually represented in tree format with nodes for each directory. The highest level nodes show the policy subdirectories.

To select a policy, click the appropriate node of the tree.