Via command line Secure FTP client (PSFTP used in example)
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Open your Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) client application.
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Open a session to ftp.wtdata.com:
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Double click executable to launch.
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At the command prompt “psftp>” type “open ftp.wtdata.com”.
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At prompt “login as:” type your assigned username and press enter.
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At prompt username@ftp.wtdata.com’s password: enter your assigned password.
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Double click executable to launch.
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To list the contents of your root directory type “ls” and hit enter.
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You will see the following directories:
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Archived
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Input
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Output
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Processing
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Archived
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To retrieve your daily output:
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Type “cd Output”. Type “ls” to list the files available for download.
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To retrieve a file, type “get filename” (filename format is yearmonthdayET.csv. For example, the file for November 20, 2008 would be 20081120ET.csv)
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Type “cd Output”. Type “ls” to list the files available for download.
- Once downloading is complete, logoff by typing “bye” or “quit” and hitting enter.
Via Windows GUI client (WinSCP used in example)
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Open your Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) client application.
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Configure the SFTP session:
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For hostname enter ftp.wtdata.com.
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Port number should be 22.
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Enter assigned username and password.
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Leave Private Key File blank.
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Click Save if you wish to save the session information.
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Click login.
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You can now drag and drop files from the FTP server to your desktop PC or mapped drives.
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For hostname enter ftp.wtdata.com.