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Connecting to a Site

You can connect to any site listed in the CuteFTP Site Manager. You must be connected to the Internet before you can connect to any sites. CuteFTP can connect to sites using FTP, FTPS (SSL), TLS (SSL v3) , SSCN (SSL Site-to-Site transfer) , SSH2 (SFTP2), HTTP, and HTTPS (SSL) . For more on SSCN, see Site-to-site transfers . (To add an FTP site to the Site Manager, refer to Adding a Site to the Site Manager.)

To connect to an existing site within the Site Manager

1. In the Local Drives pane, click the Site Manager tab.

2. Expand a folder in the list, then click a site.

3. Do one of the following:

   • On the main menu, click File > Connect > Connect.

   • On the toolbar, click the Connect icon .

   • Double-click the selected site.

   • Press CTRL+T.

   You can also connect to a site by clicking File, Connect, then clicking Connect to URL.

To connect to a URL with the Transfer Engine

The Connect to URL feature is also supported by the Transfer Engine. Whether the URL specifies a path to a folder or file, the TE will try to download it.

1. In the Windows System Tray , right-click the Transfer Engine icon , then click Download URL.

2. Type or paste the URL in the Download URL box. See below for supported URL formats and the behavior depending on the URL pasted.

Supported URL formats

• ftp://user:pass@host.host.com:port

• ftp://user:pass@host.host.com

• ftp://user@host.host.com

• ftp://host.host.com:port

• ftp://host.host.com

• ftp://ftp.sitename.com/pub l: user  p: pass

• ftp://ftp.sitename.com/pub:44 l: user  p: pass

• ftp://ftp.sitename.com/pub port:44 l: user  p: pass

• ftp://ftp.sitename.com/pub l/p:  user/pass

• ftp://ftp.sitename.com/pub:44 l/p:  user/pass

• ftp://ftp.sitename.com/pub p:44 l/p:  user/pass

• ftp://ftp.sitename.com/pub port:44 l/p:  user/pass

• ftp://ftp.sitename.com/pub l: user p: pass

• ftp://ftp.sitename.com/pub:44 l:  user p: pass

• ftp://ftp.sitename.com/pub p:44 l: user p: pass

• ftp://ftp.sitename.com/pub port:44 l: user p: pass

• ftp://[any of the above formats]/pathnametofile/[optional filename]

• also http, https, sftp, and ftps URLs

Tip:

Using Paste URL, CuteFTP either connects to the folder or downloads the file specified in the path. Here are some sample path endings and how the main program interprets them.

• "ftp://host/dir.ext/"  This URL is considered a folder. CuteFTP can connect to it.  

• "host/.ext/"  This is considered a folder. CuteFTP can connect to it.  

• "host/dir/"  This is considered a folder. CuteFTP can connect to it.  

• "host/dir"  This is considered a folder. CuteFTP can connect to it.  

• "host/dir.ext"  This is considered a file. CuteFTP can download it.  

• "host/.ext"  This is considered a file. CuteFTP can download it.