File eXchange Protocol

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_eXchange_Protocol

File eXchange Protocol (FXP) and (FXSP) is a method of data transfer which uses the FTP protocol to transfer data from one remote server to another (inter-server) without routing this data through the client's connection.

https://wmusers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18491

Consider using the proxy command. This command is not supported by all FTP servers, but see if yours support it.

It works kinda like this:

1) Login to your source FTP server

2) Issue a proxy open <target server>. You can do this using the quote service.

3) Issue a proxy user <username> <password>

4) Issue a proxy put <source server filename> <target server filename>

This way you transfer the file directly from one FTP server to another without having to worry about consuming resources on the webMethods server.

Good luck,

Percio

The steps for using IS to transfer the file:

1. Login to the source FTP server (A).

2. Use get to retrieve the file from A. Specify 0 for the largefilethreshold and null for localfile. This will write the content to a temporary file and return an input stream.

3. Logout of A.

4. Login to the target FTP server (B).

5. Use put to put the file to B. Pass the stream returned by the get in step 2.

6. Close the stream (just to be safe in case put doesn't do so).

7. Logout of B.

8. Remove/archive the temp file--I'm not sure if IS automatically deletes the file on close. If it doesn't, then you'll want to use an explicit dynamic filename in the get in step 2 so you can move/delete it later.

Of course check errors after each step.

Be sure to use transfermode set to binary if appropriate (usually the case).

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-Rob

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