SOURCE - UFTP configuration option

Description

The SOURCE option specifies the source directory / file / file pattern for the action defined by the command.

Source is required for all commands (except LIST, for which it is optional).

Usage

Specification Method

Parameter / Value

IBM i

HP NonStop

UNIX

Windows

z/OS

Command Line, Short Form

n/a

Command Line, Long Form

-src directory / file

(tick)

(tick)

(tick)

Environment Variable

n/a

Configuration File Keyword

n/a

Value

directory / file is the source directory / file for the action defined by the command.

file can be either:

  • File name
  • File pattern using wildcards
  • File pattern using regular expressions
  • Comma-delimited list of file names

The following commands must specify a file name:

The following commands can specify any of the four forms for file:

The following command can specify a directory or any of the four forms for file:

Do not specify a file for the following commands:

Note

For UFTP running under Windows, a SOURCE (or DESTINATION) option value cannot start with / ( Windows XPS interprets this as the configuration option prefix: - ), but it can start with \.