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==== FTP Watcher ====
An FTP Watcher is equivalent to a Finder Folder Action for FTP uploads. When an FTP Watcher is placed in a folder on your Mac and double clicked, it monitors the folder for new files and/or folders being added to it. As soon as new items appear they are automatically uploaded to a pre-defined Server and destination directory of your choice.
=== How to create an FTP Watcher ===
To create an FTP Watcher you must have a connection established with the desired Server and an FTP Browser window displayed for it.
Navigate to the desired Server directory in the FTP Browser, and then select **Save as FTP Watcher** from the **File** menu, or select the same option from the contextual menu.
Note that if a folder item is selected in the Server directory, the FTP Watcher will upload to that directory and not that of the directory currently listed.
Note that FTP Watchers will inherit whatever connection settings have been applied to the FTP Browser and Bookmark, if any. For example, if Binary transfers are selected rather than Automatic then this will be set in the FTP Watcher also. Since a warning will be displayed, by default, if a file to be uploaded already exists on the server, we recommend setting the **Always Replace Files** option in the **Mode** menu prior to creating the FTP Watcher.
Once selected, an icon as displayed above, will be created in the location of your choice.
You must ensure that FTP Watcher is located in the same folder as the files/folder that will be put there to be uploaded, otherwise a lot of unwanted items could be uploaded by mistake.
Double click the FTP Watcher icon to start it.
As items appear in the 'watched' folder, the FTP Watcher will see them and start to upload them.
Whilst items are transferred, they are temporarily stored within a Processing folder, which resides within a folder named as the current date and time. When the uploading is complete, the items are moved from the Processing folder into the date and time folder, and the Processing folder is deleted. All these folders reside within a folder named Yummy FTP Watcher History that the FTP Watcher creates when it is started for the first time. The Yummy FTP Watcher History folder therefore provides a useful resource for auditing purposes.
To stop FTP Watchers, select the **Stop All FTP Watchers** option in the **Transfer** menu of Yummy FTP.
An FTP Watcher can be edited by selecting **Edit** when no Bookmarks are selected in the Bookmarks Viewer window. A navigation window will be displayed in order to allow you to select the FTP Watcher file.
FTP Watchers can be copied to another Mac, so long as Yummy FTP is installed there too.