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 bar
Change
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.