Data Transformation Engine FTP Adapter Reference Guide

Chapter 3 - FTP Commands List of Commands

FTP Adapter Reference Guide

user An optional user name. Some schemes such as FTP allow the

specification of a user name.

password An optional password. If present, it follows the user name, separated

by a colon. The user name and password are followed by an at-sign

(

@). Within the user and password field, any :, @, or / characters

must be encoded.

The URL does not need to be completely URL-encoded. You only need to use

escape characters for tokens specifically used in an FTP URL as shown in the

following table. Any FTP URL that contains spaces must be enclosed in quotes; for

example:

-FIREWALL FTP://Home Machine/FTP Files

Tokens Replaced with

% (percent) %25

@ (at) %40

/ (forward slash) %2F

: (colon) %3A

; (semicolon) %3B

& (ampersand) Escape not needed, use as is

# (pound) Escape not needed, use as is

8-bit or control characters Escape not needed, use as is