XI/PI: how to exclude files in a sender File adapter?

Dear all,,
I am referring to blog https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/4463. [original link is broken] [original link is broken] [original link is broken]
In the Outbound Directory I am Placing 3 files at the same time ,what i need is, I must get the 3 messages in the inbound at
same time.I am getting the output in the Inbound Directory at different time.
I am following the Solution2 .
Thanks,
Srinivasa

Hi,
i guess this option is only avaible for file receiver adapter (and only for FTP not for NFS).
To use a very short polling interval is not such a good idea, because if the adapter runs nonstop it will poll all the way around.
I think the only way will be to collect the messages in an integration process.
There exists already a pattern for this case:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/08/16163ff8519a06e10000000a114084/frameset.htm
Hope it helps.
By the way i don't understand what it has to do with the exclusion mask?
Regards
Patrick
Edited by: Patrick Koehnen on Mar 27, 2008 2:56 PM

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