Managing Files and Folders 

5. Select 

OK. 

T

O USE SERVER FILTERS

1.  From the menu, select View > Filter. 

2. Select 

Enable Filtering. 

3. Select 

Enable server side filtering. 

4.  Enter in a filter from the Unix ls program. 

5. Select 

OK. 

Displaying hidden files or folders 

By default, some servers will hide files with names starting with a period such as ".htaccess" 

or ".profile".   

T

O SEE HIDDEN FILES ON A REMOTE SITE

1. Select 

the 

Site Manager tab. 

2.  Select the site with the hidden files. 

3. Choose 

File > Properties from the menu. 

4. Select 

the 

Actions tab. 

5. Select 

Filter.  

6. Select 

Enable filtering.  

7. Select 

Enable server side filtering.  

8. Enter  a in the Remote field.  

9. Select 

OK. 

10. Connect to your site.  

Comparing folder contents by size and date 

Use the Compare Folder Contents tool to highlight differences between a remote and a 

local folder.  

T

O COMPARE FOLDER CONTENTS BY DATE

1.  Display a folder to in the Local Drives pane and connect to the folder you want to 

compare it to in the Remote pane. 

2.  From the menu, choose Tools > Folder Tools > Compare Folder Contents. 

3. Select 

Compare dates. 

4. Select 

Ignore case to compare all files with the same name, regardless of differing 

upper or lower case letters. 

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