Example: Transferring from a queue to a single file

We can specify an IBM MQ queue as the source of a file transfer by using the -sq parameter with the fteCreateTransfer command.

About this task

The source data is contained in three messages on the queue START_QUEUE. This queue must be on the source agent's queue manager, QM_NEPTUNE.

Procedure

Type the following command:

fteCreateTransfer -sa AGENT_NEPTUNE -sm QM_NEPTUNE 
                  -da AGENT_VENUS -df /out/three_to_one.txt 
                  -sq START_QUEUE

The data in the messages on the queue START_QUEUE is written to the file /out/three_to_one.txt on the system where AGENT_VENUS is running.

Parent topic: Transfer data from messages to files

Related concepts

• Transfer data from messages to files

Related tasks

• Configure an agent to perform message-to-file transfers
• Example: Transferring a group of messages from a queue to a single file
• Example: Inserting a text delimiter before the data from each message
• Example: Inserting a binary delimiter after the data from each message
• Monitor a queue and using variable substitution
• Example: Failing a message-to-file transfer using IBM MQ message properties

Related information

• MQ message properties read by MFT from messages on source queues
• fteCreateTransfer: start a new file transfer