FTP - Logoff
Declaration
<AMFTPLOGOFF SESSION="text">
Description
Ends a transaction with a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server that was previously started with an FTP - Logon step and ends the associated session.
Practical usage
Used to log off after transmissions with an FTP server has completed.
Parameters
Session
Property | Type | Required | Default | Markup | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Session | Text | Yes | FTPSession | SESSION="FTPSession2" | Specifies the session name to identify this log off request. |
Example
- Copy and paste the sample AML code below directly into the Task Builder Steps Panel.
- To successfully run the sample code, update parameters containing user credentials, files, file paths, or other information specific to the task to match your environment.
Example 1
This sample task will log onto an FTP site, download a single file and log off.
<AMFTP ACTIVITY="logon" SERVER="YourFTPHost" USERNAME="YourUsername" PASSWORD="AM1MoyAfpKHilpraHBIX6ei1E/2ZhM5egRHalje6g6YThM=aME" />
<AMFTP SOURCE="/home/ftp_folder/filename.txt" DEST="C:\Temp\filename.txt" />
<AMFTP ACTIVITY="logoff" />
Example 2
This sample task demonstrates the activities used to download files from one FTP server to another. The first two steps logs onto two separate FTP hosts and creates a unique session name for each connection. The third step performs the file transfer from one server to another. The last two steps are used to log off each FTP server.
<AMFTP ACTIVITY="logon" SESSION="Server1Session" SERVER="ftp.server1.com" USERNAME="theuser" PASSWORD="AM2WknKdIcXr7JaSdh0lRfctA==aME" />
<AMFTP ACTIVITY="logon" SESSION="Server2Session" SERVER="ftp.server2.com" USERNAME="theuser" PASSWORD="AM2WknKdIcXr7JaSdh0lRfctA==aME" />
<AMFTP ACTIVITY="fxp" SOURCE="/Server1/myFolder/*.*" DEST="/Server2/myFolder/*.*" SUBFOLDERS="YES" KEEPFOLDERSTRUCT="YES" OVERWRITE="YES" RESULTDATASET="theDataset" SESSION="Server1Session" DESTINATIONSESSION="Server2Session" />
<AMFTP ACTIVITY="logoff" SESSION="Server1Session" />
<AMFTP ACTIVITY="logoff" SESSION="Server2Session" />