LI77033: FTP LIST FILES ACTIVITY IS LISTING DIRECTORY AS FILE WHEN "LIST ONLY FILES" OPTION IS CHECKED

APAR status

• Closed as documentation error.

Error description

• FTP List Files activity is listing directories as well as
  files when "LIST ONLY FILES" option is checked.
  

Local fix

• NA. As designed behaviour
  

Problem summary

• When using the List Files activity and selecting the "LIST
  ONLY FILES" option, in some circumstances, a user is returned
  directories in the listing as well as files.
  
  If the List Only Files (NLST) check box is selected and the
  FTP List Files activity supports the format of the directory
  listing for your FTP Server, a repeating structure of just
  filenames (if supported by the FTP server) is returned in the
  fileListing output parameter.
  The FTP server you are connecting to must support the NLST
  command. The response provided by the FTP server is returned.
  If the FTP server does not support this, then a listing
  including directories is returned.
  
  Anyone experiencing this can work around the problem in the
  following way:
  1. Dont select "List Only Files" option.
  2. Once you get the complete string, use FlatFiles schema and
  ReadFlatFIles activity to get each line as a string.
  3. Parse the String to get the names for only files and not
  directory based on "d" or "-" present in the first character
  in the returned string
  

Problem conclusion

• The WebSphere Cast Iron documentation will be updated to
  detail this.
  The related infocenter page is:
  http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wci/v6r1m0/index.jsp?to
  pic=%2Fcom.ibm.websphere.cast_iron.doc%2Fftp_list_files_activity
  .html&resultof=%22list%22%20%22only%22%20%22onli%22%20%22files%2
  2%20%22file%22
  

Temporary fix

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APAR Information

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Fix information

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