The fPtransfer utility is an add-on product and used for transferring data between operating systems. However, you can only transfer from the same or older (lower) version to the same or newer (higher) version of filePro. It is highly recommended that you use the same version of fPtransfer for both operating systems. Also, although many versions allow direct transfer of the filePro files using serial communications ports, this method can be problematic due to differences in standards being employed for new hardware. We recommend running fPtransfer from the command line using the "-lf" flag to create and read binary files on the source and target systems respectively. The binary files can then be transferred between systems by any means available e.g. FTP (File Transfer Protocol), tape, CD, etc.
Examples:
xfer -t -pn -lf file.dat file1 file2 file3 etc...
The above will create "file.dat" for filePro files identified as file1,
file2, file3, etc.
xfer -r -lf file.dat
The above will extract the file(s) to the location identified by the path
variables.
Note: Make sure to set the path variables e.g. pfdsk, pfdata, pfdir
prior to running fPtransfer and use
You will need to buy copies of fPtransfer for the source and target systems.
To upgrade and/or buy the DOS or UNIX fPtransfer, please contact our sales department at 1-800-847-4740 or email us at sales@fileproplus.com