The Merge FTP plugin is included with Merge and enables Merge to access files and folders located on an FTP server. There is a related page in the Options dialog. For information about this page, see the FTP options page topic.
Using the FTP plugin
To specify a file or folder on an FTP server, use a standard FTP URI. A user name and password can be included in the URI, as shown in several of the examples below.
Examples
| URI | Description |
|---|---|
ftp://ftp.server.com/notepad |
Specifies a folder notepad on the FTP server ftp.server.com. The absence of a user name and password in the URI means that Merge will use the user name and password for the server configured on the Credentials options page. For anonymous access to an FTP server, create an entry on the Credentials page with the user name anonymous and your email address as the password. |
ftp://ftp.server.com/notepad/notepad.cpp |
Specifies a file notepad/notepad.cpp on the FTP server ftp.server.com. As for the previous example, the absence of a user name and password in the URI means that Merge will use the user name and password for the server configured on the Credentials options page. |
ftp://jrs@ftp.server.com/notepad/notepad.cpp |
As above, but also includes a user name to use when connecting to the FTP server. A password has not been specified, so Merge will assume an empty one. |
ftp://jrs:mypass@ftp.server.com/notepad/notepad.cpp |
As above, but specifying a password mypass. |
ftp://jrs:*@ftp.server.com/notepad/notepad.cpp |
As above, but specifying that Merge should use the relevant password from the Credentials options page. This ensures that the password is not shown on the screen or within comparison reports. |
Since there is no standard way to set file attributes on all types of FTP server, Merge does not implement this feature. This means that Merge will be unable to modify or delete read-only files/folders on an FTP server.