Inbuilt service - pub.client.sftp.put

Hi All,

Im using pub client sftp put .

By using this im able to place the file in the desired location. But the file is still visible in source location ?

Any idea why the file is still visible on the source location ? Does SFTP put copys the file or it does cut+paste

It uploads a copy to the remote location - this is how the file-transfer protocol works, and it’s not a webMethods feature/limitation.

You need to manage the cleanup at the source, after a successful upload - you can add a local file deletion step at the end of your flow, on success (inside Try).

Alternatively, you can create a master clean-up service that will clean multiple folders, if you have a lot of file-based instances. Use a property/config type of design, instead of harcoding paths, file patterns, file age, etc. You can then create a scheduled job for this.

KM

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As Kasi has mentioned, it works like a copy and not as cut paste , More details in the documentation at built in services guide

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Another common approach is to move (rename) the source file to an archive directory after the successful put.

what method are you using to know that there is a file in source location? Or is it always a fixed file name?
are you applying any transformation?

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