File eXchange Protocol

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_eXchange_Protocol[/url]

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|File eXchange Protocol (FXP) and (FXSP) is a method of data transfer which uses the FTP protocol to transfer data from one remote server to another (inter-server) without routing this data through the client's connection.|
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|Consider using the proxy command. This command is not supported by all FTP servers, but see if yours support it.|
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|It works kinda like this:|
|1) Login to your source FTP server|
|2) Issue a proxy open <target server>. You can do this using the quote service.|
|3) Issue a proxy user <username> <password>|
|4) Issue a proxy put <source server filename> <target server filename>|
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|This way you transfer the file directly from one FTP server to another without having to worry about consuming resources on the webMethods server.|
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|Good luck,|
|Percio |
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|The steps for using IS to transfer the file:|
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|1. Login to the source FTP server (A).|
|2. Use get to retrieve the file from A. Specify 0 for the largefilethreshold and null for localfile. This will write the content to a temporary file and return an input stream.|
|3. Logout of A.|
|4. Login to the target FTP server (B).|
|5. Use put to put the file to B. Pass the stream returned by the get in step 2.|
|6. Close the stream (just to be safe in case put doesn't do so).|
|7. Logout of B.|
|8. Remove/archive the temp file--I'm not sure if IS automatically deletes the file on close. If it doesn't, then you'll want to use an explicit dynamic filename in the get in step 2 so you can move/delete it later.|
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|Of course check errors after each step.|
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|Be sure to use transfermode set to binary if appropriate (usually the case).|
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|-Rob|
|http://reamon.squarespace.com|
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