赛门铁克文件传输引擎工作原理概述.pdfVIP

OverviewofpcAnywhere32FileTransferEngine

Thefiletransferengine(awxfer.dll)takescareofprocessingofallremotefileoperations(transfer,

rename/delete/localcopyfiandfolders,syncclone,etc).Theengineworksonahandshakingmechanism,

wherethemaster,(alwaystheleftsidepaneinthefiletransferUI)requestsinformationfromtheslaveandtheslave

responds.Thereareanumberofdifferentpacketsthataresentandreceived,eachwithaspecificfunction.The

goalofthisdocumentistogiveabriefoverviewofwhatgoesonbehindthesceneswhatfiletransferoperationsare

beingdone.Sinceitisnearlyimpossibletodescribeinfullhowawxferworks(Ididn’twriteit,soIhaven’tfigured

everythingout.),thisdocumentshouldgiveyouagoodideaofwheretoputbreakpointswhendebugging.

Thefiawmaster.cppandawslave.cppcontainsallthecodetoprocessthepacketsforfileoperations

weenmasterandslave.EverythinginfiletransferstartswiththefunctionStartTransferinawxfer.cpp.This

takesparametersthatsetthesessionpointer,whetherthisistheHOST/REMOTE,MASTER/SLAVE,andaBOOL

todetermineiftheUIshouldbedisyed(FALSEonAutomatedtransfers).ThiscallsAddAwXfer,which

initializesmembersoftheawxinfostructure(seeawxfers.h).Onnonautomatedsessions,themainUIisthen

broughtupifwearethemaster.Finally,aPKT_STATUSissentouttotheslave.Thisgetstheballrollingwitha

seriesofpacketstofollow.Theyareasfollows(inorderofoccurrence):

PKT_STATUS:Masterandslaveethefollowingflags:

fSDSPEnabled-Nolongerneededformontauk,butthereforbackwardscompatibility.

bDisconnectMode-Mo