Transferring Files using SGImeeting

The SGImeeting file transfer facility allows you to share a file with all conference participants at once. The file transfer mechanism is based on the ITU-T T.127 standard File Transfer Protocol.


How do I...

send a file to everyone?
receive a file from someone?
cancel sending a file?
stop receiving a file?
change the directory that received files are saved in?

Sending Files

To send a file to everyone in the conference, click the Send File button on the toolbar, or select Send File from the Tools menu. Select a file from the file dialog, and click OK.

The file is then transferred to all other conference participants with T.127 file transfer capability. While the file is being sent, a window shows the progress of the transfer.

Receiving Files

Files sent to you by other conference participants are received automatically. While the file is being received, a window shows the progress of the transfer. When the transfer is complete, the file is saved. By default it is saved in the /tmp directory. See Changing the Received Files Directory to find out how to change the directory to which received files are saved.

Canceling Sending Files

After starting to send files, you can cancel the transfer in one of two ways:

To cancel the transfers of all the files you are sending, select Cancel All Sends from the Tools menu.
To cancel sending a single file, click the Cancel Send button from the individual file's progress window.

Canceling Receiving Files

To stop receiving all files, select Cancel All Receives from the Tools menu.
To stop receiving a single file, select the Cancel Receive button from the file's progress window.

Changing the Received Files Directory

To change the directory to which received files are saved, select Options from the Tools menu, and enter the path of the new directory into the field labeled "Store received files in:". This directory must already exist and have write permissions. If it is subsequently deleted, or the permissions change, received files are stored in /tmp.


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