Variable Substitution for Source Directory

Hello,
I have seen several threads about using a UDF and variable substitution for dynamically determining the Target Directory.
Is anyone familiar with (or had to implement) a solution where the Source Directory is dynamically determined.
My challenge is to connect to a different Source Directory name (sy-datum format, ex: 20070920 ) each day on an ftp site and download all the files in the folder to a know target directory. I am doing a simple file-to-file transfer, so no mapping is involved.
Your comments, suggestions and feedback is greatly welcomed.
Thanks,
Ralph

Hello Carme,
I have not found a solution for this type of event.
I was attempting this because the FTP site I was connecting to would DELETE a file the moment XI touched it. So when XI (using FTP Transfer protocol) configured with a DELETE or ARCHIVE (Processing Mode), it would error off because the file was no longer on the FTP site. I contacted the site but they refused to deactivate their script to auto-delete files. Using TEST processing mode is not recommended per SAP in a server pool environment. You would think SAP XI would provide a fourth option in which a DELETE command is not issued back to the FTP site.
The FTP site did have sub-directories in which copies of the original files were stored, but I could not figure out how to dynamically change the XI Source Directory as the current date changed.
I settled on using File NFS (Transfer Protocol) and running the FTP commands from a .bat (batch file). I put the command I run down at the bottom of the XI page with a 60 second timeout.
I still do not change to each folder dynamically because the standard FTP (GET and MGET) commands do not attempt a Delete after file retrieval.
Perhaps using a batch file is an option you may want to consider using.
Cheers,
Ralph

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