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Delete Existing Metadata: Check to remove any Metadata from memory. This option is disabled
on initial input tasks, and is checked by default on secondary input tasks.
Job Information definitions
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%1- Folder: Contains the full path of the base folder from which the files are listed.
Miscellaneous Tab
The Miscellaneous tab is common to all tasks.
Check the option Use as step description to display the text next to the icon of the plugin in the Pro-
cess area.
FTP Input
FTP Input tasks retrieve files from FTP sites using the FTP protocol. Masks are typically used to select
multiple files to be retrieved from the server.
Input
FTP Input connects to the specified FTP server and path, and retrieves all files corresponding to the
specified mask. These files may be of any format, even formats that are not readable by PReS Work-
flow.
Processing
Each file capture by the input is sent down through the process, one at a time. When the file is finished,
the process goes back to the input which feeds another file down, as long as there are files in the
queue. Once all the files are gone, the task polls the FTP folder again to see if new files are present
and, if so, the process continues with these files. Otherwise, the process ends.
Output
The output to this task is a series of individual files, one after the other. These files are not modified in
any way from when they are captured from the source FTP server.
Task properties
General Tab
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FTP Server: Enter the IP address or host name of the FTP server to poll.
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User name: Enter the name of a user account on the FTP server.
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Password: If account named in the User name box is password protected, enter the password
here.
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