Re: ftp script and variables in filenames

[dlclark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

"MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 06/19/2018 
02:24:05 PM:
> So i can easily build a script to GET a file from remote server by 
matching
> it for exact filename specified in script.
> Ex. GET FILENAME1_20180619.TXT
>
> But what is the syntax to GET a file name that would already be in a 
format
> such as this?  I am not concerned with "qualifying" the date value 
unless
> of course there is a fairly simple way to do that... but simply being 
sure
> the structure is sound by "qualifying" the filename and then being sure 
a
> true Date exists thereafter...
>
> And to make it a little more fun, consider filenames such as...
>
> FILENAME1_YYYYMMDD_CUSTOMER#_HHMMSS.txt
> where real value might be...
> FILENAME1_20180619_12345_022134.txt


        I would use the FTP client APIs from RPG/ILE to drive such a 
process.


Sincerely,

Dave Clark