File adapter doubt

i have doubt regarding file adapter
can a file adapter work dynamically?
for example: we are configuring one file name and a path.
whether multiple files can be taken from the path dynamically when using file adapter.
Message was edited by:
allen washburn

Hi Allen -
On the sender file adapter side you have the wildcard options (e.g. *, ?) and in addition you can set exclusion masks to exclude files with a certain pattern. You can set additional folders too for additional files in a different location (<a href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/e3/94007075cae04f930cc4c034e411e1/frameset.htm">Additional Files</a>)
On the receiver side, you can use <a href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/bc/bb79d6061007419a081e58cbeaaf28/frameset.htm">Variable Substitution</a> to dynamically set the filename and path based on message content (payload or header).
Regards,
Jin

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