topic FTPGet and FTPPut for a specific file in Talend Studio

FTPGet and FTPPut for a specific file

Anonymous — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 17:01:44 GMT

Dear all,
how to get a specific file from a FTP server? I just configured a FTPGet component - FTP connection, remote dir and local dir are correct, everything works.
But I only want to get a specific file from the FTP (e.g. "test.xml"). So I add to the file mask:
"test.xml" - doesn't work
"*test.xml" - works
Problem - I cannot concat an asterisk with a context variable. So if I try to get files dynamically, nothing happens.
However, the same problem I have with FTPPut - I have several XML files in the same directory. So I only want to transfer a specific file, but nothing happens. Using an asterisk would solve it.
If I use a simple FileList with the configuration at the file mask, it works.

Re: FTPGet and FTPPut for a specific file

Anonymous — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 22:19:45 GMT

I get a single file by using the * Of course this may match multiple files. If I must match only one file I run a validation using tFtpFileList before getting the file
Example FileMask for tFTPGet
"*" + context.ftpFileDate + "*.flg"

Re: FTPGet and FTPPut for a specific file

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 09:01:22 GMT

Thanks Mike.
Using a FtpFileList is not mandatory. FtpGet and FtpPut got own file masks.
Finally you also use an asterisk to filter a file list even if you want to get/put only a single file. This makes me wonder.
Maybe this is a bug. Would be great to have an answer of a talend moderator here.