Documentation & Examples
zFTPServer Suite is designed to be easy to use. Most features are self explanatory or explained within the graphical user interface. Some of the more advanced features are explained more in-depth on this page. Remember, this page only depicts a small subset of the functionality you can access as well as only a few select examples of scripts to get you started...

And, don't forget to visit the forum or read the What's new.
Advanced Usage Examples
Some features in zFTPServer Suite are very powerful and might need some explaining to highlight their full potential. Some examples of more advanced usage are presented here.

Scripting Examples
These scripts utilizes the administration protocol to manage the server from custom applications. This technique may be used to integrate zFTPServer Suite with custom systems, such as web applications or business systems.

The easiest way to explore the scripting API is to use telnet and connect to the admin port (default 3145):

telnet localhost 3145
220 .
user admin
331 User name received, need password.
pass abc
230 User logged in, proceed.
help
214-The following commands are recognized:
...

Events and Messages : Reactive (scripting examples)
The Reactive features basically lets the server react to events after they happen by executing batch scripts or to send custom messages.

An example would be to automatically scan uploaded files for viruses. The ability to execute external batch scripts also makes it possible to launch custom programs, scripts or to perform specific actions based on actual events.

Events and Messages : Proactive (scripting examples)
The Proactive features essentially lets the server react to events before they happen.

Following a request to e.g. login or upload a file the server can for instance verify login or upload operations against external databases or check whether the user is permitted to upload a file of that specific type. We can for instance enforce that a specific user only be able to upload .doc-files.

In combination with the Reactive module we can script more advanced business applications rules verifying a user login against a SAP database and subsequently when the user is allowed to login, run scripts that execute financial reporting in SAP, directly posted and available to the specific user on the fly (reports are then automatically removed after logout).

Authentication Integration for Windows (examples)
This allows zFTPServer to authenticate users with a Windows SAM / Domain / Server / Active Directory making user management a breeze. In fact, a part from these few selected examples, for starters, this feature has awesome power waiting to get harnessed...