Ant tasks provided by MFT

Ant tasks provided by MFT

Managed File Transfer provides a number of Ant tasks that we can use to access file transfer capabilities.

Tasks

fte:awaitoutcome Ant task
fte:call
fte:cancel
fte:filecopy
fte:filemove
fte:ignoreoutcome
fte:ping
fte:uuid

Nested parameters
The following nested parameters describe nested sets of elements, which are common across several of the supplied Ant tasks:

fte:filespec
fte:metadata
Parameters for program invocation

fte:awaitoutcome Ant task
Waits for a fte:filecopy, fte:filemove, or fte:call operation to complete.
fte:call Ant task
We can use the fte:call task to remotely call scripts and programs.
fte:cancel Ant task
Cancels a Managed File Transfer managed transfer or managed call. A managed transfer might have been created using the fte:filecopy or fte:filemove tasks. A managed call might have been created using the fte:call task.
fte:filecopy Ant task
The fte:filecopy task copies files between Managed File Transfer agents. The file is not deleted from the source agent.
fte:filemove Ant task
The fte:filemove task moves files between Managed File Transfer agents. When a file has been successfully transferred from the source agent to the destination agent, the file is deleted from the source agent.
fte:ignoreoutcome Ant task
Ignore the outcome of an fte:filecopy, fte:filemove, or fte:call command. When you specify an fte:filecopy, fte:filemove, or fte:call task to have an outcome of defer, the Ant task allocates resources to tracking this outcome. If you are no longer interested in the outcome, we can use the fte:ignoreoutcome task to free those resources.
fte:ping Ant task
This IBM WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition Ant task pings an agent to elicit a response, and so determines if the agent is able to process transfers.
fte:uuid Ant task
Generates a pseudo-random unique identifier and assigns it to a given IBM WebSphere MQ File Transfer Editionproperty. For example, we can use this identifier to generate job names for other file transfer operations.
fte:filespec Ant nested element
The fte:filespec parameter is used as a nested element in other tasks. Use fte:filespec to describe a mapping between one or more source files, directories or data sets, and a destination. Typically this element is used when expressing a set of files or directories or data sets to move or copy.
fte:metadata Ant nested element
Metadata is used to carry additional user-defined information with a file transfer operation.
Program invocation nested elements
Programs can be started using one of five nested elements: fte:presrc, fte:predst, fte:postdst, fte:postsrc, and fte:command. These nested elements instruct an agent to call an external program as part of its processing. Before we can start a program, you must ensure that the command is in a location specified by the commandPath property in the agent.properties file of the agent that runs the command.
Parent topic: Managed File Transfer

Related concepts

Get started using Ant scripts with MFT

Related reference

Use Apache Ant with MFT
fteAnt: run Ant tasks in MFT
Sample Ant tasks for MFT
fte:awaitoutcome Ant task
fte:call Ant task
fte:cancel Ant task
fte:filecopy Ant task
fte:filemove Ant task
fte:ignoreoutcome Ant task
fte:ping Ant task
fte:uuid Ant task
fte:filespec Ant nested element
fte:metadata Ant nested element
Program invocation nested elements