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Upload Files using SFTP

After selecting a policy subdirectory on the server, you can upload a file from your computer to the CA XCOM Gateway and within the product, that file is automatically assigned to the selected policy.

Note:

• If there are non-unique file names that are listed, the display inserts a date/time stamp in between the file name and the file extension to provide uniqueness. The file name itself is not altered.
• For performance optimization, only first 200 files are displayed.

Example:

If there are two instances of the file Test1.txt, they appear in the display list as Test1-20110103111523.txt and Test1-20110102100515.txt, indicating that the first instance was created on January 3, 2011 at 11:15:23 and the second on January 2, 2011 at 10:05:15.

For SFTP command-line utility

• Enter the following SFTP command to initiate an upload:

  put filename
  

  Your computer looks for the specified file in the current directory in which you have launched the SFTP program.

  mput filenames

  If you have multiple files to upload, then use this command.

  mput test*.txt
  

  All the files that starts with text ‘test’ and has the extension ‘.txt’ will be uploaded or copied in the remote directory in CA XCOM Gateway from the directory in which you have launched the SFTP program.

Note: On Windows, the command prompt window opens in one of the following directories:

• c:\Documents and Settings\username (for Windows 2003 and XP)
• c:\User\username (for Windows 2008 or Windows 7)

For windows perform one of the following action:

• Move the files that you want to upload into this directory.
• Select a different directory before starting SFTP.

Note: There are some unsupported commands on the product file system. It is necessary that the supported commands do not use the unsupported commands internally.

For Example:

The SFTP Client WinSCP uses the chmod own path (unsupported) command internally while uploading a file to gateway server. You must select the Ignore permissions error to upload without any errors.

For an SFTP client program

Do one of the following:

• Select a local file in a different section of the screen.
• Provide an upload menu command to initiate an upload into the currently selected server directory.