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Question:
We would like to schedule file transfer from Application A (Solaris) to Application B (AS400), where Application A generates files with a timestamp ABC_25042014.txt in folder D:/A_Folder/.
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The time at which the files to be transferred are created is not fixed and can be any time in the day.
The file size is around 100Mb100MB.
Answer:
File Selection:
JADE uses "RegularExpressions"regular expressions, with a small an extension for timestamps. File selection should be specified using the "file_spec" parameter parameter with a variable part for the timestamp.
For example:
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file_spec=^ABC_[date:ddMMyyyy].\txt$
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This file_spec value will select all files in the source_folder (and in subfolders, if the recursive parameter is set to "true") , which have that contain the current date as part of in the filename. It is not necesssary required to change adjust this parameter every day 
File Generation:
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- if the time
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- when the file is created is not fixed then a "file polling" could be specified. This is done by setting the
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- poll_*
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- parameters as shown, for example, for
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- Server-to-Server File Transfer in our "Server to Server Transfer with Polling" FAQ. You can achieve a reliable solution using this approach together with the "steady state" function as described in our "Check File for completeness Steady state" FAQ.
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- file names e.g. in your AS/400
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- system use a different syntax to the
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- file name in the Solaris
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- system then JADE will be able to rename the files on the target server
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- if the
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- target_replace
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- and
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- target_replacing
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- parameters are correctly set. A rename at the source, after transfer, could be possible as well.
- This solution works for
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- FTP,
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- FTPS and
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- SFTP and for any other JADE data provider
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- .
See also
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