Examples of Using the File Name Tokens

When transferring a file, you can create the file name using file name tokens instead of a regular file name.

See the following examples for your reference. These examples use this sample system date/time: Wednesday, April 25, 2009 5:03:45.061 PM.

Example 1: the user has entered a date token proceeded by the letter D when sending a file to a platform server for z/OS. The platform server on the z/OS system resolves the string into the Date1 YYMMDD format.
File name: PROD.TEST.DATA.SAMPLE.D$(Date1)

Resolved file name: PROD.TEST.DATA.SAMPLE.D090425
Example 2: when the platform server for z/OS receives files, the following substitution is performed for either token RemoteFileBase and RemoteFileExt.
File name: PROD.TEST.ACCT.TAX.Y2009

RemoteFileBase is all data before the last qualifier: PROD.TEST.ACCT.TAX

RemoteFileExt is all data after the first qualifier: TEST.ACCT.TAX.Y2009

The following two examples can be used when z/OS is sending a file to a platform server for Windows:

Example 3: the user has entered a string of file name tokens when sending a file to a platform server for Windows. The platform server on the Windows system resolves the string into the directory name and file name.
File name: C:\directory\$(SDD)$(SMON)$(SYYYY)\$(SHH24)$(SMI)$(SSS).dat

Resolved file name: C:\directory\25APR2009\170345.dat
Example 4: the user has used the file name tokens to generate a resolved file name that has dashes between the date and time fields when sending a file to a platform server for Windows.
File name: C:\directory\$(SDD)-$(SMON)-$(SYYYY)\$(SHH24)-$(SMI)-$(SSS).dat

Resolved file name: C:\directory\25-APR-2009\17-03-45.dat