Data Transformation Engine FTP Adapter Reference Guide

Chapter 3 - FTP Commands List of Commands

FTP Adapter Reference Guide

Option Description

Note When sending an FTP request to the AS/400, the

file must first be created on the AS/400 in order for the

len parameter to pad the record correctly.

Image (binary)

Local 8-bit types (usually equivalent to I)

Directory (file names only)

Directory (server-defined format)

Directory (easily parsed line format, as

defined in Internet draft draft-bernstein-

eplf-02.txt)

Directory (machine-readable list format as

defined in Internet draft draft-ietf-

ftpext-m1st-02.txt)

Append the transferred data to the existing file.

Note An additional forward slash (/) is required to separate the user and host

parameters from file and transfer type, if specified.

Example

The following is an example of the input card command in the Map Designer:

-T –URL FTP://sales@host/c:/forms/myfile.txt

The command causes the myfile.txt

file to be retrieved from a remote host

named

sales. The –T adapter command specifies that the adapter create a trace

file to report adapter activity information during the FTP process.