Compressing and Decompressing

To compress files for uploads

  1. Connect to a site and click the destination folder in the Remote pane.

  2. In the Local Drives pane, click the item(s) you want to upload.

  3. On the main menu, click File > Upload Advanced > Upload Compressed. A sub menu displays the selected file name with three different extensions. Each extension identifies a compression scheme.

  4. Click the file name with the extension for the compression scheme you want.

To decompress a local archive

  1. In the Local Drives pane, click the archive to be expanded.

  2. On the main menu, click Tools > Compression > Decompress. The contents of the archive expand into a directory with the same name as the archive.

You cannot decompress a file on a remote FTP server from within CuteFTP's interface. To decompress an archive remotely, use a compression tool and GlobalSCAPE SecureFTP Server or EFT Server to create an Event Rule or Custom Command (on the Server) that will decompress archives uploaded to the server (either automatically or as a result of a custom command sent by the client). See this custom command example for more information.

To create encrypted archives for upload, you need a compression tool and a call script to encrypt, compress, and then upload an archive. For more information, see Automatically encrypting and compressing transfers.

  • .zip is the industry standard archival method (wide support, medium compression).

  • .cab is a Microsoft format (not very wide support, stronger compression than ZIP).

  • .gzip/tar is a UNIX format (files are stored in a ”r;Tarball” then compressed).

  • Windows XP has a built-in compression/decompression tool. Refer to the Microsoft Support article #306351, at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306531.