Tools

MFMT FTP command

The MFMT command is used to modify a file or folder's last modified date and time information. MFMT duplicates similar functionality implemented by the MDTM command. Traditionally, when a file or folder is uploaded to an FTP server, the last modified date and time of the file or folder is set to the transfer date and time. Using MFMT, FTP clients can inform supporting FTP servers of the proper last modified date and time to use for the file or folder

First published date

10/11/2018 6:06 PM

Last published date

6/11/2020 4:37 PM

Overview

This article describes the use of the Modify Fact: Modification Time (MFMT) FTP command.

Product section

Serv-U Managed File Transfer & Serv-U FTP Server

Resolution

The MFMT command is used to modify a file or folder's last modified date and time information. MFMT duplicates similar functionality implemented by the MDTM command.

Traditionally, when a file or folder is uploaded to an FTP server, the last modified date and time of the file or folder is set to the transfer date and time. Using MFMT, FTP clients can inform supporting FTP servers of the proper last modified date and time to use for the file or folder. The format of the command is MFMT YYYYMMDDHHMMSS path, where:

YYYY - the 4-digit year
MM - the 2-digit month
DD - the 2-digit day of the month
HH - the hour in 24-hour format
MM - the minute
SS - the seconds

All times are represented in GMT/UTC.