Site-to-site transfers (FXP)

To perform a site-to-site transfer

1. Connect to each site (source and destination).

2. Choose Window > Tile from the menu.

3. Copy the file from one Remote Pane and Paste it to another.

To display more than one remote site at a time

1. Connect to two or more sites.

2. Choose Window > Cascade, or Window > Tile from the menu.

3. Select Maximize in the upper right of any remote pane to return to the default, tabbed view.

History of FXP

Separate CONTROL and DATA connections allows transmitting data not only between client and server; it allows a client to control two FTP servers at once and transfer data between them by issuing a PASV command on one server and then a matching PORT command on the other. Thus, one server connects to the other instead of to a client. This behavior is not a hack; it is part of the official FTP specs. Today, it is widely known as FXP.