Renaming a file in Sender channel

[Former Member]

Hi, a newbie here.

I have to pick up a file via ftp from a system and put it into an R3. I have also to rename the file in the sender with another extension for backup.

Is there any way to do this without creating another communication channel?

Thanks in advance!

[udo_martens · Accepted solution]

Hi Inaki,

no, you dont a second file adapter. You can archive it with a timestamp during sending.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/e3/94007075cae04f930cc4c034e411e1/content.htm

Regards,

Udo

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks for the replies!, but the thing is that I need to rename the extension of the file. It's BA001.dat and I have to mantain it as BA001.bck.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

You could try adding command line rename...

[sam_raju · Accepted solution]

Hi Ifiaki,

If you are on SP15 or later, you can run Operating System Command Before Message Processing.

See the details at the below link.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/e3/94007075cae04f930cc4c034e411e1/content.htm

Rgds,

Sam Raju

[udo_martens · Accepted solution]

Hi Inaki,

you can execute a Run Operating System Command to rename the archived file extention!

Look to the posted link,

Udo

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thank you! I didn't knew that option. I'll try.

[Former Member]

We add an archive stamp (time and date) and move the file from inbound folder to an inboundarchive folder after is has been processed into R/3 (Processing Mode, archive).

The inboundarchive folder is then backed up.