To change the working directory on the local system (The computer on which JFTP is running), do any one of the following:
Local File -> Change Directory...
menu from the menu
barChange Directory...
from the context menu
When you do any of the above actions, a new dialog titled, Change Local
Working Directory
, will be displayed.
Directory Name
Specify directory that you would like to set as new working directory.
Change
Clicking this button will set (or try to set) the working directory to the one
you have specified and closes the Change Local Working Directory
dialog.
Cancel
Clicking this button discards your input and closes the Change Local Working
Directory
dialog.
Help
Clicking this button displays this help topic.
In the
Directory Name
field, you may enter absolute, relative
(to the current working directory), or UNC path names. Below are a few
examples assuming your current working directory is set to C:\wd
Example 1
Entering sampleDir
would set the working directory to C:\wd\sampleDir
.
The directory sampleDir
must exist in order for this to work.
Example 2
Entering subdir\sampleDir
would change the working directory to
C:\wd\subDir\sampleDir
.
Example 3
Entering C:\temp\sampleDir
would change the working directory to
C:\temp\sampleDir
.
Example 4
To set the working directory to a directory in another system on your network,
enter \\hostname\sharename\sampleDir
, where, hostname
is the name of the computer in your network, shareName
is the shared
directory on the target system and sampleDir
is the directory that
you would like to set as the new working directory.