FTP sender - requirement

Hi,
We have to pick the files from an FTP server. The FTP vendor wants us to do the following while picking the files.
1.     Log in with your parameters
2.     go to folder 'ExportSAP
3.     Search for u201ESAP_Order.txtu201C
4.     Rename file u201ESAP_Order.txtu201C  to u201E SAP_Order_yyyymmddThhmmss.txtu201C  via FTP connection
5.     Download the renamed file u201E SAP_Order_yyyymmddThhmmss.txtu201C  from our server to your application
6.     Rename the u201ESAP_Order_yyyymmddThhmmss.txtu201C to u201E SAP_Order_yyyymmddThhmmss.savu201C
My Questions:
1. Can we rename the files before picking/processing them (Since he needs only the renamed files to be picked)?
I guess we can acheive this only by a runtime OS command. Is there any other way?
2. How can we change the format of the files after processing?
I suppose we can acheive this also only by a runtime OS command. Is there any other way?
3. Who can we ask for the OS command to be kept in the communication channel? Is the FTP vendor the one best suited to answer this?
Kindly help.
Thanks,
John

Hi, John
No, you can't  rename the files before picking/processing them in the same sender cc channel, neither using a os command. You must do it in a paral.lel process.
And yes, you can hange the format of the files after processing, using os command. However, you must use a remote shell, so os command are executed in your xi/PI system. There is a Michal's blog that help you to monitorize errors executing os command.
Regards,
Carme

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