Extended parameters of the module *OFTP
Select the *OFTP module by entering option number 8 into the corresponding choice box. In the dialog program “Change i-effect Module Data“, parameters can now be modified.

The following options for the *OFTP module can be set:
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| Default OFTP Outbound Path | Determine the directory where OFTP outbound files are stored. To increase performance of *OFTP, it should be an IFS path. | |||||
| Default OFTP Inbound Path | Determine the directory where OFTP inbound files are stored. To increase performance of *OFTP, it should be an IFS path.![]() | |||||
| *OFTP Archive Settings | Archive Inbound Messages?This parameter determines if inbound data will be archived automatically. Possible values:
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| Archive Path | Determine where inbound data will be archived. This might be an IFS or a DB2 path. | |||||
| Archive Outbound Messages? | This parameter determines if outbound data will be archived automatically.
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| Archive Path | Determine where outbound data is to be archived. This might be an IFS or a DB2 path.![]() | |||||
| *OFTP Error | |
| Path for Erroneous Data | Determine the error directory where data can be stored in the case of extremely serious errors, if possible |
| *OFTP Miscellaneous | |
| Maximum Client Threads | In order that the system is not overworked, this value determines the maximum number of client processes. If *OFTP overworks the system by using too many client instances, the value can be decreased. |
| Maximum Send Retries | This parameter determines the maximum number of send retries. |
| Send Retry Pause | Determines the pause in seconds before the next attempt to send is made. |
| Client Connection Timeout | This parameter determines the time in seconds that *OFTP waits for a reaction from remote side during connection establishment. After the indicated time has expired, the attempt to connect will be canceled. |
| Client Read Timeout | Timeout for reading data on an open data connection in seconds. |
| Client Internal Timeout | Internal timeout in seconds the OFTP client is given to respond to internal requests. |

