Using FTCmd.exe

The VeriMove Windows command-line interface (FTCmd.exe) allows you to run jobs outside of the UI by a script or some other calling process, as well as by the unattended processing provided by Dispatch Manager.

  1. Select Start > Run.
  2. In the Open field, type cmd and click OK. A command prompt window opens.
  3. Change to the directory containing FTCmd. Typically, this is the directory in which you installed VeriMove.
  4. Type the following: 
FTCmd <Job Name> [<Job Def File>] [-listid <your list id (VM Access only)>]
Table 1. FTCmd.exe Processing Options
Option Description
<jobName> Name of the VeriMove job to run.

When the [jobDef] parameter is not supplied, the job name must be the name of a valid job defined in the VeriMove job database. This is the normal way of running a job through the command line interface.
[jobDef] File name of a VeriMove job definition file to import for execution.

When the [jobDef] parameter is supplied, the job name can either be the name for a new job or the name of an existing job whose definition will be replaced by the [jobDef]. This [jobDef] parameter is required if the job is not present in the VeriMove job database and is not case sensitive.

For information about creating a job definition file, see Creating a Job Definition File. If the job specified in the jobName parameter already exists in the VeriMove job database, then its file path attributes in the existing job definition will be carried forward as default file path values for the job defined by [jobDef].

No other attributes from the existing job definition are carried forward. If the job specified in <jobName> is for a new job, then the job defaults are the same as those for a new job defined through the GUI. All file paths for a new job default to undefined and must be specified in the [jobDef].
-listid <your list ID> Name of the List ID for the job to be processed (VeriMove Access only).

If you have more than one List ID defined and you do not use this option, a pop up window prompts you to choose a List ID. If you only have one List ID, you do not need to use this option.

FTCmd.exe does not display any command line messages (status, error, or otherwise). To capture the command line messages, you must redirect the standard output of FTCmd.exe to a file and view the file after FTCmd.exe completes.

FTCmd.exe generated errors are written to the Windows Event Viewer.