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archive_rename.s

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Sample to get each file in the "output" directory (could be any directory), send the file, rename the file with the date, and move it into the "output-archive" directory.

This script demonstrates numerous Robo-FTP features:

  1. Using GETNEXTFILE to iterate through a directory
  2. Using string manipulation and built-in date variables to build custom file names.
  3. Using filesystem commands to move local files

  1  FTPLOGON
  2  ;; set output_directory and archive_directory
  3  ;; NOTE: need to use the full path here
  4  SET output_directory = "C:\Program Files\Robo-FTP\output"
  5  SET archive_directory = "C:\Program Files\Robo-FTP\output-archive"
  6  
  7  ;; Set the working directory to the "output" directory
  8  WORKINGDIR output_directory
  9  
 10  :loop
 11  ;; Get a file from the working directory
 12  ;; NOTE: if successful this will set the "%nextfile" internal
 13  ;;       script variable to the file name found
 14  GETNEXTFILE "*"  
 15  IFERROR RETURN $ERROR_SUCCESS
 16  
 17  ;; set file_found to "%nextfile"
 18  SET file_found = %nextfile
 19  ;; file was found, send it
 20  SENDFILE file_found 
 21  IFERROR RETURN
 22  
 23  ;; rename the file with the date
 24  ;; do string manipulation to "break" up file name found to 
 25  ;; get the base name from the extension
 26  ;; NOTE: this sample is assuming a 3 character extension 
 27  ;;       will be used
 28  SET base_name = file_found
 29  ;; set 4 characters on the right to extension and split 
 30  ;; apart remaining
 31  SETRIGHT extension = base_name "4" /split

 32  ;; set archive_name to base_name + %date + extension
 33  SET archive_name = base_name & %date & extension
 34  ;; rename file_found to archive_name
 35  RENAME file_found archive_name
 36  
 37  ;; set the archive_path to archive_directory + "\" + archive_name
 38  SET archive_path = archive_directory & "\" & archive_name
 39  ;; move the file to archive_path
 40  MOVE archive_name archive_path
 41  
 42  ;; loop
 43  GOTO loop
 44

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