•   GETTING STARTED
  • Lesson 1: Your first script
  • Lesson 2: Transferring files
  • Lesson 3: Variables
  • Lesson 4: IF, WHILE and GOTO
  • Lesson 5: Handling file lists
•   GUIDES
  • Transferring modified files only
  • Making a backup
  • Logging ScriptFTP output
  • Sending emails from a script
  • Error handling
  • ScriptFTP on the command line
  • Updating v1.x scripts
  • Updating v2.x scripts
  • Encrypting script files
  • Converting scripts into exe files
  • Operators: +,-,==,!=....
•   COMMANDS
  • Server connection
    • OPENHOST
    • CLOSEHOST
    • SETPROTOCOL
    • SETPORT
    • SETTIMEOUT
    • ISCONNECTED
  • File Transfer
    • GETFILE
    • PUTFILE
    • SYNC
    • ADDEXCLUSION
    • CLEAREXCLUSION
    • SETTYPE
    • SETPASSIVE
    • SETSPEED
    • SETCLOCKDIFF
    • SETUPLOADMODE
  • Directory operations
    • LOCALCHDIR
    • LOCALCWDIR
    • LOCALMKDIR
    • LOCALRMDIR
    • CHDIR
    • CWDIR
    • MKDIR
    • RMDIR
  • File operations
    • CHMOD
    • DELETEFILE
    • GETFILESIZE
    • GETFILETIME
    • RENAMEFILE
    • SETFILETIME
    • Hint: Handling local files
    • Hint: Moving remote files
  • Script output
    • LOGTO
    • PRINT
    • SILENT
    • STOPLOG
    • VERBOSE
  • Miscellaneous
    • COUNTELEMENTS
    • EXEC
    • EXIT
    • GETENV
    • GETFILE2
    • GETLIST
    • GETPARAM
    • GETTIME
    • PUTFILE2
    • RAWCOMMAND
    • SETMODEZ
    • SLEEP
    • STOP
    • TEXTCUT
    • TEXTLENGTH
•   OTHER
  • Advanced topics and rare features
  • List of error codes
  • License Agreement (formal)
  • Licenses explained

VERBOSE

Enable or disable displaying additional details about the script run.

Syntax: VERBOSE(mode)

• mode:
  OFF: This is the default. ScriptFTP will show the command calls, command messages and any errors encountered during the script run.
  ON: ScriptFTP will also show the dialog with the FTP server, DNS resolving issues and connection loss messages. Under certain circumstances it may also show internal messages.
  

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Remarks:
Use this command to find out in detail what is happening during the script run. ScriptFTP will show the following information:

• The dialog between ScriptFTP and the FTP server.
• DNS resolving issues.
• Connection loss messages.
• Debug information about the status of ScriptFTP or the command currently executed.

This command is usually put at the beginning of a script file.

Return value:
This command always returns "OK".

See also:
SILENT
LOGTO
PRINT

Example:

# Enable verbose mode
VERBOSE(ON)

# Connect to server
OPENHOST("127.0.0.1","myuser","mypassword")

# Upload files
PUTFILE("*.*")

# Close connection
CLOSEHOST

The output of the script above is the following: