Using FTP to Poll for File
April 6, 2005 Hey, David
I am moving data between an iSeries system and several Unix systems. I pull the files over manually using FTP and then use the Copy from Import File (CPYFRMIMPF) to copy the records to a database file. After processing is done, I send the files back to the Unix system.
The biggest “hole” in the process is that there is no automated way to bring over the files from the FTP server onto the iSeries. I would like to have a polling process that would go through a list, check for new files to process, automatically run the FTP GET,