FTP adapter - how to omit output directory

Hi,
I am trying to FTP a file to AS400 server, using the FTP adapter in 10.1.3.1
My requirement is to not specifiy the output directory (I need to FTP in my $HOME directory, where I get to, once I logon).
The GUI wizard does not allow you to omit output directory, so I put a logical name, andd then in bpel.xml I try to omit the value (assuming that it would then default to the home directory). But it does not work this way, when I deploy it it puts a null for the logical name (seeing a missing value), and then tries to search for directory named 'null' on the server.
I tried using '.' or '..' but in vain...
Any clues, how can i work-around this ?
Thanks.

you can set the destination folder at runtime using the ftp adapter outbound header. But you have to specify some folder name.
hth,
~ronen

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<AdapterFramework::Inbound> Adapter Framework instance: OraESB - starting Resource Adapter oracle.tip.adapter.ftp.FTPResourceAdapter
<FTP Adapter::Inbound> File/FTP Adapter started successfully.
<FTP Adapter::Inbound> ENDPOINT ACTIVATION CALLED IN FTP ADAPTER
<AdapterFramework::Inbound> Adapter Framework instance: OraESB - successfully completed endpointActivation for portType=Get_ptt, operation=Get
<FTP Adapter::Inbound> Connection Created
<FTP Adapter::Inbound> Connection Created
The last message "Connection Created" keeps repeating, but no processing occurs. I tried increasing all the loggers to finest. but still nothing happens.
any idea how to troubleshoot this ? the only difference in the environment is that the new environment has 10.1.3.4 MLR2 and the first one is just plain 10.1.3.4

Make sure that you modified the oc4j-ra.xml file in the FtpAdapter directory and have put the correct hostname and username and password. The directory structure looks like this //some-directory/oc4j_soa/application-deployments/default/FtpAdapter/oc4j-ra.xml.

How to change the JCA JNDI dynamically using FTP Adapter

We have 5 FTP Servers, each having a directory to poll. We have created 5 CCI instances for these FTP Adapters in the FTPAdapter deployment. We created a BPEL process and using FTP Adapter to connect to above mentioned servers.
Question: Customer's requirement is to use a single BPEL process to poll all these FTP Servers at a specified date and time. How can we connect dynamically to each FTP server at specified time.
(OR)
Is there any way to change the JCAJNDI dynamically in a FTP Adapter configuration ?
I have seen that FTP Adapter POLL doesnt take any JCA JNDI/hostname/un/pwd/date/time dynamically.
Regards
Pavan

Hi Pavan,
It's possible to change the JNDI dynamically but only when you use put operation where you can control the JNDI name at the time of invoking the FTP Adapter as described in below link.
Dynamic JNDI in FTP Adapter | jca.jndi property not picked by Adapter
However, can you consider using BPEL process with SyncRead (and read files through all the JNDIs in a loop) and scheduling this BPEL process to a desired frequency?
Regards,
Neeraj Sehgal

No Source Directory on Sender FTP Adapter

Hi Guys,
I am using a sender adapter to poll an external FTP Server. The adapter is able to see the server fine.
My problem lies in this:
The company in charge of the FTP server has put a restriction disallowing the 'cd' command on the ftp server. Now in the sender ftp adapter, the source directory is a mandatory field and therefore if nothing else, I need to put a '.' into the source directory.
This in effect will do a cd . when it logins into the ftp server. It is here that I get an error because command cd is disallowed.
Does anyone know how I can prevent the sender ftp adapter from automatically doing a cd command i.e. have no source directory?
Thanks,
Miguel

Hi,
I think it is not possible with file adapter .
Have a look into this SAP note -821267 Question no 27,34.
It may give some inputs
Regards,
Moorthy

Transfer of all files in a directory tree using FTP adapter?

Hi,
I'm looking for a solution to transfer a whole directory tree, including the content, from one location to another using the FTP adapter.
Is there an easy way to accomplish this?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Sigrid

Hi Sigrid,
I'm just wondering on the need to do that using SOA. Is it a regular transfer or one time?
There's a way to move a single file from one FTP location to another on the same or different FTP server (link to the cases). But in order to move all the files in a directory, you'll have to loop this. The high level steps will be:
- List all the files recursively that are present in your directory using File List operation
- Implement the MOVE file operation (or COPY operation) of the FTP Adapter
- Invoke this MOVE operation in a while loop and pass the file names, as gathered from the File List operation, one by one to MOVE operation
You can also use single Java Embedding activity and call a Java class that does the File Transfer but depends on your requirements.
Let us know how you get along.
Regards,
Neeraj Sehgal

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