Example scenario

You wish to transfer files to a directory 'reportupload' on unix server called 'targetsys'. The files will be processed at the remote system and a result file will be placed in the 'resultdownload' directory, with the file name having rpt appended (eg a file test.xml will generate testrpt.xml). The result file will be available within 30 minutes.

1. create a conf file called 'targetsys1.conf' (a copy of sample.conf)
2. create an inbox directory 'targetsys1' and response directory 'targetsys1').
3. start putty and create a session 'targetys'. Save the session and test that a connection can be made.
4. edit 'targetsys1.conf'
5. remove the line: disabled = 'y'
6. set local directory: subdir = 'targetsys1'
7. update the server settings with the userid etc. for targetsys.
8. specify: savedprofile = 'targetsys' (or the profile you saved in putty).
9. specify remote directory: targetdir = 'uploaddir/'
10. set: response = 'y'
11. set response file as: responsein = '%fname%rpt.%ftype%'
12. set remote directory: responsedir = 'resultsdownload/'
13. set sensible wait parameters: initialwait=1800
14. restart SFTPPlus
15. place test file in the inbox directory 'targetsys1'
16. after a few seconds you should see the test file has gone - the transfer will be running.
17. check the message.log file to see the progress
18. If the remote system is running, you should see the file has been uploaded, and the response file will be created.
19. after 30 minutes SFTPPlus will attempt to retrieve the results file.