Data Transformation Engine FTP Adapter Reference Guide
FTP Adapter Reference Guide 
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Contents 
About This Document 
Related References........................................................................................... 5 
Chapter 1 - FTP Adapter 
Overview ....................................................................................................... 6 
System Requirements........................................................................................ 6 
About Sockets ............................................................................................ 7 
Access to International VANs ............................................................................... 7 
Chapter 2 - Command Alias 
Chapter 3 - FTP Commands 
List of Commands............................................................................................. 9 
Account (-AC or -ACCT)................................................................................ 11 
Audit (-A or -AUDIT)....................................................................................11 
Certificate Authority (-CA)............................................................................12 
Client Certificate (-CERT).............................................................................12 
Client Certificate Password (-CPASS) ...............................................................12 
Code Page Local (-CPL)................................................................................13 
Code Page Remote (-CPR)............................................................................. 13 
Firewall Connection Method URL (-FW or -FIREWALL) ........................................... 14 
Adapter Behavior when -FIREWALL Command Present ..........................................16 
URL Syntax...............................................................................................17 
FTP URL (-URL)..........................................................................................19 
Ignore (-I or -IGNORE)..................................................................................21 
Keep Server (-KS) .......................................................................................21 
List Option (-LS).........................................................................................22 
Make Directory (-MKD).................................................................................23 
Passive Mode (-PV or -PASV).......................................................................... 23 
Port Mode (-PT or -PORT) .............................................................................23 
Private Key (-PKEY) ....................................................................................24 
Private Key Password (-KPASS).......................................................................24 
Quantity (-QTY).........................................................................................24 
Site (-SITE)............................................................................................... 25 
SSL Encryption Strength (-STR).......................................................................26 
SSL Protocol (-SPROTO)................................................................................26 
Stage (-STG or -STAGE)................................................................................ 26 
System (-SYS)............................................................................................27 
Trace (-T or -TRACE)...................................................................................28 
Chapter 4 - Syntax Summary 
Data Sources..................................................................................................29 
Data Targets..................................................................................................30 
Using FTP Adapter Commands.............................................................................31 
Examples .................................................................................................31 
URL Syntax....................................................................................................31 
URL Encoding.................................................................................................33 










