Sender File Adapter does not get files when there is a large number (>300)

[Former Member]

We are on XI 7.0 (SAPKB70015)

We have an issue picking up a large number of files from a particular server. We are trying to pickup the files based on a wildcard e.g. test

- we can retreive up to 200 files from the same server (using the same config) no problem

- we can pull lots of files (>3000) files from other servers (using the same config) no problem

- we can write an mget command (mget test) to reteive the files no problem

So the only issue is retrieving a large number of files from a parfticular server. We see no errors in the RWB.

To get this sorted out we need to find the exact commmands that XI executes to attempt to retrieve the files. Can anyone point me in the right direction on how to find this.

Thanks

Richard

[Former Member]

It turned out that this was caused by a limitation on the ftp server.

The file adapter uses the dir command to get a listing of the files matching a specific mask. The dir command does not return any files if there are a large number (the ls command works fine but the file adapter uses dir instead of ls).

sap told me that 'According to this FTP server is no compliant with RFC 959 and that is

why DIR command returns an error.'

We were able to get this resolved by applying a patch on the ftp server.

Thanks

Richard

[Former Member]

It is every 5 mins but this is irrelevant. Even if set to every hour or more we get the same issue.

How can we get the exact commands that XI executed?

[Former Member]

Hi

Watz the poll interval for the Sender File Adapter

For every poll interval it wud poll files

but am not clear wat is u r question

u r question seems to be new and interesting can u elobrate

srini