CuteFTP Professional User s Guide 

T

O DISCONTINUE A SCHEDULED BACKUP TASK

1.  Select the task in the Queue. 

2.  From the menu, choose Tools > Queue > Remove Selected. 

Monitoring a local folder for changes  

You can automatically upload any new or modified files or folders added to a specific local 

folder. 

T

O AUTOMATICALLY UPLOAD CHANGES TO A LOCAL FOLDER

1.  Connect to the site that contains the folder that you want to upload changed or new 

files to. 

2.  From the menu, choose Tools > Folder Tools > Monitor Local Folder(s). 

3. In 

Local folder to monitor, select the browse button and navigate to the folder you 

want to monitor. 

4. Select 

Include subfolders to monitor all folders within the target folder. 

5.  Verify that the full ftp address for the remote folder where you are uploading the 

files to is correct. 

6.  Choose the file modified date you want to begin monitoring changes on. 

7. Select 

Always overwrite to overwrite any file with the same name on the server. 

Warning:  

If you select this check box, Smart Overwrite rules are ignored and there 

will be no warning before files are overwritten. 

7. Select 

Apply monitor filters and choose Filters to monitor only certain files or file 

types in a folder. 

8. Select 

Attempt to autodetect... to use system functions to better determine when a 

file is modified. If unchecked, CuteFTP cycles through the folder at the rate defined 

by Monitor folder every n seconds and looks for changes to the modified time 

stamp. 

9. Select 

Start. 

C

ONFIGURATION NOTES

Items deleted from the local folder will not be deleted from the remote folder. 

To discontinue a scheduled backup task 

1.  Select the task in the Queue. 

2.  From the menu, choose Tools > Queue > Remove Selected. 

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