FTP SYS Type

FTP Sys Type is a synchronous activity that retrieves the operating system of the FTP server.

General

The General tab has the following fields.

Field Literal Value/Module Property/Process Property Description
Name None The name to be displayed as label of the activity in the process.
FTP Connection Yes The path to the shared configuration resource containing the user information such as host name, 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 you do not select this check box. All the FTP activities that specify the same FTP session (that is, the same host, port, username, and password), can share the FTP session until the connection is closed.

Description

Provide a short description of the activity.

Input

The following is the input for this activity.

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 the 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.

Timeout string 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

The following is the output for this activity.

Output Item Datatype Description
SystemType string The FTP server type.

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 BusinessWorks™ Container Edition Error Codes guide.

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