CuteFTP Professional User s Guide 

Prompt: CuteFTP displays a window asking you to overwrite or skip the file in the 

destination folder that has the same name as the file you are transferring. 

Overwrite: If a file in the destination folder has the same name as the file you are 

transferring CuteFTP replaces the destination file with the transferred file. 

Skip: If a file in the destination folder has the same name as the file you are transferring 

CuteFTP does not transfer the file and leave the destination file as it is. 

Rename: If a file in the destination folder has the same name as the file you are 

transferring CuteFTP asks you for a new file name for the transferred file. 

Resume: If a file in the destination folder has the same name as the file you are 

transferring CuteFTP treats the destination file as an incomplete transfer. If the 

destination file is already a complete file, the transferred file replaces the destination file. 

Numerate: If a file in the destination folder has the same name as the file you are 

transferring CuteFTP renames the transferred file to  Copy of file.txt . If the same 

transfer occurs again CuteFTP renames the transferred file to  Copy (2) of file.txt  

Use Rules: If a file in the destination folder has the same name as the file you are 

transferring, CuteFTP uses the rules you define in Overwrite Rules. 

Ignore Zero byte files 

Select this and CuteFTP ignores any files with a size of zero bytes. 

Clear this check box and CuteFTP applies all rules and settings to all files regardless of 

size. 

For matching folders 

Prompt: CuteFTP displays a window asking what you want to do to a folder in the 

destination folder that has the same name as the folder you are transferring. 

Replace All: If a folder in the destination folder has the same name as the folder you 

are transferring CuteFTP replaces every destination file with matching names with files 

in the transferred folder. 

Use Rules: If a folder in the destination folder has the same name as the folder you are 

transferring, CuteFTP uses the rules you define in the Overwrite Rules window to 

determine how to handle all files with matching names. 

Configure Rules 

Configure Rules defines the rules you want CuteFTP to use when two files have the same 

name.  You must select Use rules to enable these options. 

If destination file date is 

o 

newer replaces a file if it has a time stamp more recent than the file you are 

transferring. 

o 

no matter replaces any file regardless of when it was created in relation to 

the file you are transferring. Select this option if you don t want to replace 

files based on when they were created. 

o 

older replaces a file only if it has a time stamp further in the past than the file 

you are transferring. 

o 

the same replaces a file if it has the same time stamp as the file you are 

transferring. 

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