FTP - Download Newest File on FTP Server
This sample task will demonstrate how AutoMate can download the newest file via FTP.
AutoMate will do the following:
1. Logon to a FTP server.
2. Execute the "Get long file list" command using AutoMate’s FTP Advanced action and populate a dataset with the results.
3. Loop through the dataset FileList, which has a list of files and folders on the FTP server.
4. Populate the variable %varLatestFile% with the first file found on the FTP server and %varFileDate% with the date of that file.
5. Each subsequent loop will compare %varFileDate% with the date of the next file on the server. If the file date is newer, then both %varLatestFile% and %varFileDate% will be updated.
6. Download the file %varLatestFile%.
This same task can be modified to specify newest or oldest file on the FTP server.
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