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  • 27 Jan

    How to keep the most recent files regardless of the creation date?

    Q: Is it possible to create a rule of type: keep the 100 most recent files (regardless of the creation date)?

    A: In version v2024.1.27.0 we added this option for WIN as Source

    • Important, this new option is only available when using our [WIN] as Source (= Windows Folder or Network Share) option:

    limagito file mover windows folder as source

    • Next , select ‘Schedule’ button > ‘Advanced’ Tab:

    The new Skip option is available when the ‘Sort Order’ <> ‘OS Sort Order’

    • Skip none (default) = handle all sorted files found during scan of source folder(s)
    • Skip first x entries in file list = handle all except first x sorted files found during scan of source folder(s)
    • Skip last x entries in file list= handle all except last x sorted files found during scan of source folder(s)

    In the following setup we’ll scan the source folder(s) for files and afterwards we’ll sort them using the last write date (= modified date) from Old to New. When this is done we’ll skip the last 100 entries of this list. The result is that we’ll keep the 100 most recent files in the Source and will not handle (= copy/move/delete) them.

    limagito file mover keep the most recent files

    #managedfiletransfer #filetransfer #filemanagement

    If you need any help with this ‘keep the most recent files’ question, please let us know.

    Best Regards,

    Limagito Team

    By Limagito-Team Filters WIN ,
  • 20 Jan

    Ftp downloads are not showing correct date and time?

    Ftp downloads are not showing correct date and time?

    Q: I am moving files from a AS400 / iSeries FTP system.

    • After download AND with ‘Adjust File Times’ option enabled, the correct date caries over but it six hours off.
    • If I uncheck the “Adjust File Times” moved file takes on the move timestamp.

    FYI: The ‘Adjust File Times’ option is available when using FTP as Source > Common Tab

    A: In version v2024.1.6.0 we added a ‘Custom adjust in minutes’ option. Can be + or –

    limagito file mover not showing correct date and time

     

    #ftp #managedfiletransfer #filetransfer #filemanagement

    If you need any help with this ‘not showing correct date and time’ question, please let us know.

    Best Regards,

    Limagito Team

    By Limagito-Team FTP , ,
  • 14 Jan

    Kicking sessions because of too many failed commands

    Kicking sessions because of too many failed commands

    Q: Dear support team, With one of our vendors our IP has been banned for invalid commands .

    2024-01-04 01:20:56,152 WARN [com.dymmyhost.mft.port ][6353] – |—Kicking sessions because of too many failed commands.—

    Looking at our log, I could see the error

    1/8/2024 9:31:48 AM SFTPRemoveFile, SB Delete Exception: %DELE-not found%

    What is that? Please consider that we use the option: “use .tmp extention”

    Regarding the .TMP extension, we used it to avoid that the 3rd party could get it before the file transmission. I don’t know if this is related to the error.

    limagito file mover sftp as destination setup

    A: This option is helpful when uploading large files and to prevent another process from picking up the files from the SFTP server before the file upload is complete as you said. We upload the file with a .tmp extension, for example “MyUpload.pdf” will be uploaded as “MyUpload.pdf.tmp”. When the upload is successful we first try to delete any existing “MyUpload.pdf” file on the SFTP server and next we’ll rename “MyUpload.pdf.tmp” to “MyUpload.pdf”. The fact that we are trying to delete an non existing file is giving you the issue with this SFTP server it seems.

    Reply Customer: For these jobs we use unique and progressive file names, so there is no possibility to have 2 files with the same name. For us is much better to manage this kind of exception instead of sending a command that periodically makes our IP banned.

    A: In version v2023.1.14.0 we added the following option ‘Use Temp Extension Method’.

    Open your SFTP as Destination setup and witch to the ‘Common’ tab. In your case (unique filenames), you could switch to ‘Rename Only’.

    • Default (Try delete before rename)
    • Check file exist before delete & rename
    • Rename Only

    limagito file mover sftp too many failed commands

    sftp #managedfiletransfer #filetransfer #filemanagement

    If you need any help with this ‘too many failed commands’ question, please let us know.

    Best Regards,

    Limagito Team

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