File to File without a Mapping in place ?

Hi All,
Would it be possible to tranfer a file from one destinaiton to another destination without a need to have a mapping in place. Its more of replicating a file at a source to a destination where in there is no need for mapping. But while creating such a scenario, during configuration time, an interface mapping needs to be provided which inturn needs a message mapping.
Regards,
Chaitanya

check this blog... this can be done without mapping...
<a href="/people/william.li/blog/2006/09/08/how-to-send-any-data-even-binary-through-xi-without-using-the-integration-repository to send any data (even binary) through XI, without using the Integration Repository</a>
~SaNv...

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imigra wrote:
I've written a script to write xmp sidecar files for referenced and online images (the 2 conditions in the script) of the selected images. I looked for a while at system events and other stuff to be able to write the xmp file, but i'm not a programmer, so in the end i chose the long and dirty way to do it.
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Next, I'm going to try to write a script to do the opposite, import xmp sidecars for imported online and referenced files.
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tell application "Finder"
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
set myItems to every file of folder this_folder whose name extension = "indd"
repeat with thisItem in myItems
set trimmedName to name of thisItem
set trimmedName to characters 1 thru -6 of trimmedName
set trimmedName to trimmedName as string
set name of thisItem to trimmedName
end repeat
end tell
end adding folder items to
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