Using Directory Transfer with Receive IFS File
You can use a directory transfer with the MFT Platform Server for IBM i Receive IFS File command to a remote MFT Platform Server for IBM i product's server program.
Procedure
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Enter the wildcard
b* after the last slash in
From File Name.
The Remote MFT Platform Server for IBM i product's server program first scans the main directory: /primarydirectory and then all its subdirectories for file names starting with the lower case character “b” . Then it selects and sends all the file names starting with the lower case character “b” in the directory: /primarydirectory and all its subdirectories on the remote system to the local system’s directory: /directorytest. Then it uses the same file names as the files that are on the remote system and replaes the token $(RemoteFileName) value located on the local system in the To IFS File Path field.
Also the Remote MFT Platform Server for IBM i product’s server program selects and sends all subdirectory names that contained the file names that start with the lower case character “b*” to the local system’s directory: /directorytest. Then it uses the same subdirectory names as the subdirectories that are on the remote system and replaces the token $(SDIR) value located on the local system in the To IFS File Path field.
Then the Local MFT Platform Server for IBM i product’s client program creates all subdirectories names that do not exist on the local system. The scan subdirectories process is done because the Scan Subdirectories field has a value equal to Y. And the process of creating subdirectories that did not exist on the local server is done only because Local File Options field has a value equal to Z Create/Replace New. The From File Name field’s special value *TOIFS is not valid in a directory transfer process.
Press the Page Down key to display the rest of the transfer attributes.
