FTP Change Default Directory

FTP Change Default Directory is a synchronous activity that changes the current default directory on the remote machine to the specified directory path.

General

The General tab has the following fields.

Field Literal Value/Module Property/Process Property Description
Name None The name to be displayed as the label for the activity in the process.
FTP Connection Yes The path to the shared configuration resource containing the user information such as host name, port, username, and password.
Quit (post-command) None Select this check box to specify that the FTP connection should be closed after completing this command.

The FTP Connection remains open, if this check box in not selected. As a result, all the FTP activities that specify the same FTP session (that is, the same host, port, username, and password), share the FTP session until the connection is closed.

Description

Provide a short description of the activity.

Input

The Input tab has the following fields.

Input Item Datatype Description
Host string The name of the FTP server.

This overrides the value specified in the FTP Connection property.

Port integer The port number for incoming FTP requests on the FTP server.

This overrides the value specified in the FTP Connection property.

Username string The username for logging into the FTP server.

This overrides the value specified in the FTP Connection property.

Password string The password for logging into the FTP server.

This overrides the value specified in the FTP Connection property.

NewDefaultDir string The path to the new default directory on the FTP server.
Timeout integer The amount of time to wait for the FTP server to respond. This timeout is used, when the FTP server places the FTP connection used by this activity into a waiting state.

This overrides the value specified in the FTP Connection property.

Output

This activity produces no output.

Fault

The Fault tab lists the possible exceptions generated by this activity. For more information about error codes and the corrective actions to take, see the TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks™ Error Codes guide.

Fault Generated When..
CommandExecutionException An error occurred while executing the FTP command.
ConnectionErrorException An error occured while connecting to the FTP server.