SFTP Submission of RTOG Files in CMS XiO

After May 26, 2006, a new Secure FTP server (ITCsubmit.wustl.edu IP=128.252.17.87) will replace the current, non-secure FTP server at ITC. Submission of RTOG data files to the ITC will require the use of SFTP client software (using the SSH2 network protocol). For CMS/XiO RTOG Licensees, this means that the NET selection from within the RTOG submission software will fail. Detailed below is a manual way to submit to the ITC Secure FTP server from multiple versions of XiO without any software upgrade.

After the export to NET fails in the progress message screen, exit the RTOG submittal and XiO. Open a terminal window on Linux and type the following commands to put your new data on the secure ftp site (you will need to know your RTOG log in name and password):

1. # cd /FOCUS/rtpN/N/rtog/submit/PATIENTID_aapm
   
   where rtpN/N is the XiO clinic you were working in and PATIENTID is the XiO patient ID.
2. # ls
   
   gives you names of the compressed patient tar files
3. # sftp yourRTOGloginname@ITCsubmit.wustl.edu
   
   first time you connect from a unique XiO system you may be asked if you really want to connect to this site (ITCsubmit.wustl.edu) ; answer yes
4. Enter your RTOG submittal password
5. sftp> cd incoming
6. sftp> mkdir newdirectory


where newdirectory is a sub-directory to contain submitted data. Please select a name pertinent to the protocol and case you are submitting and use only characters A-Z, a-z, 0-9, period ("."), hyphen ("-"), and unserscore ("_") for this directory name.
7. sftp> cd newdirectory
8. sftp> put tarfilename
   
   where tarfilename, including the .tar.Z extension comes from the patientID listing in line2
9. sftp> quit
   
   exits the sftp function