Ftp get file without extension

Question

Hi
I'm trying to use the sample code from http://blog.dbandbi.com/tag/ssis-script-task-check-if-file-exists-c/
public void Main()
string userName = Dts.Variables["User::userName"].Value.ToString();
string password = Dts.Variables["User::password"].Value.ToString();
string fileName = Dts.Variables["User::fileName"].Value.ToString();
string ftpURL = String.Format("ftp://ftp.dbandbi.com/public_ftp/incoming/{0}",fileName);
try
FtpWebRequest ftpRequest = (FtpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(ftpURL);
ftpRequest.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.DownloadFile;
ftpRequest.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(userName, password);
using (FtpWebResponse ftpResponse = (FtpWebResponse)ftpRequest.GetResponse())
Dts.Variables["User::isFileExists"].Value = true;
catch
Dts.Variables["User::isFileExists"].Value = false;
Dts.TaskResult = (int)ScriptResults.Success;
but I'm having problems because the files are in unix format and they don't have extension. I  tried using filename*.* and filename*  but I always get "file does not exist".  What I'm trying to do is to know if the file created by
another process has been freed so I can download it.
thanks in advance
cognosoft

Answer 1

If no extension then check for the exact name. It must not matter. When you connect to the site using non SSIS facilities, do you see the file there? Wildcards do not work AFAIK.
Basically, you need a directory listing to determine what files exist. You can run a remote dir command and save its output to a file or variable to skim thru.
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