FTP Connection through R/3

Hi Friends,
I need to handle file transfer between non SAP system & R/3 application server, in both way. This is to be handled through R/3. and it should be automatic i.e. we need this transferring pgm as scheduled one.
1. Is there any STD pgm to handle File transfer?
2. will FTP_Connect, FTP_Command, FTP_disconnect functions work? Becoz i hv tried out with these functions but i was not able to connect to remote system. Could anybody help me out in this?
3. & i m not sure about scheduling of these functions?
Thanks in advance.
Seema

HI Seema
u can write small shell script program ,and store
these in application server(AL11 Tcode) ,these shell script program should be able to connect to remote server
and copy file from remote server to your application
server,
shell script program:
Connecting to ftp server to get the file on the current server
SOURCE_FILE_NAME=TSPAR_`date +%Y%m%d`.txt
#ur application server path
TARGET_FILE_NAME="/interf/torrance/TCW/FI/TS_PAR/TSPAR_`date +%Y%m%d`.txt
BACKUP_FILE="/interf/torrance/TCW/FI/backup/TS_PAR/TSPAR_`date +%Y%m%d`.txt"
#ur remote server path
cd /interf/torrance/TCW/FI/TS_PAR
ftp -nv << EOF
open 131.123.233.134
user e3ty capihg
get $SOURCE_FILE_NAME
put $TARGET_FILE_NAME
get $SOURCE_FILE_NAME $BACKUP_FILE
EOF
use function module SXPG_COMMAND_EXECUTE to trigger
these script and file is there in ur application server.
pls let me know if you need further input regarding this

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