You can export files from a local workspace project to a remote
file system. If you are exporting Java™ files, you only need to export the
program, and not the source files, because you can compile the source locally
first, and then export the program files within a Jar file. For any other
type of project, you need to export the source files since they are compiled
on the server.
About this task
See Importing resources from a remote
file system for information on importing server files for your local
project.
To export resources from the workbench:
Procedure
- Right-click your project and select Export.
You can also select File > Export from the workbench
menu. The Export wizard opens.
- Select Remote Jar file for Java programs,
so that you can export the built jar file, or Remote file system for
any other type of project that contains resources you want to export. Click
Next.
- Use the left and right panes to select resources to export. Choose
individual resources from the right pane, or entire folders from the left
pane.
- In the To directory or Jar file field,
click Browse to specify the destination folder on the
remote server for your project files. When you click Browse,
you can navigate to a server that is already defined with a connection (from
the Remote System Explorer) or you can expand New Connection to
make a connection to a remote server, where you enter a connection name and
the IP address or host name of the server.
- (Optional) Select the check box to overwrite (without prompting)
files of the same name in the remote folder.
- For file systems, select one of the radio buttons to either replicate
the workspace path folder structure in the remote system or create only the
actual folders you have selected.
- For file systems, you can save the settings of the export action
as a description file in the workspace, for later reuse, so that you do not
need to complete the wizard every time you want to export resources. Check
the Save the settings of this export in the workspace and
specify a directory for the description file in the Description
file field.
- For Jar files, click Next. When you export
Jar files, you can also save the settings of the export action as a description
file in the workspace, for later reuse, so that you do not need to complete
the wizard every time you want to export resources. Check the Save
the settings of this JAR file in the workspace and specify a directory
for the description file in the Description file field.
- Click Finish to export the resources to
the remote system.
Results
See the related links for more information on remote development and
external tools.