SFTP, write file to root
I have an SFTP account that I can connect to
I want to save a file to their root directory
What type of account is needed to create this? And how would I write to the root directory?
Thanks
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I added the 'sftp://…
but I am receiving the error
and I tried it without the port also
Dear Folks,
Could you please explain that what value you have given in this url.
sftp://example.com/folder/file.csv
Hi,
I have given file location in file write like below
Sftp://username@hostname:port/to_pos_dev/emp.csv
After that getting same error as mentioned in a new contributor III.
Please suggest how we can resolve it.
Hi @jason.steindorf,
You can use “Basic Auth” account, and also you can use “File Writer” snap.
About root directory:
Thanks,
Pero M.I created a Basic Auth account, but the file is not writing to it.
The File Writer looks like this
And the filename resolves to
Is the syntax wrong ??
Hi,
You want to create directory? If yes, you have “create directory if not present” - just check it.
Thanks,
Pero M.
If possible can we do a zoom to straighten this out
Im just tyring to put it in the root directory, but that was checked already
What is the format to write to the sftp account
ie //host/filename
ie //host:port/filename
ie host:port/filenameHi,
In the previous example you missed at the beginning “sftp://”
“sftp://example.com/folder/file.csv”
Also if you need some additional information about file writer snap, you can check on following link:
https://docs-snaplogic.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SD/pages/1438927/File+WriterThanks,
Pero M.
Could we set up a quick zoom call?
Thank you @pmancevski pmancevski
So I was unable to write to the root directory but I WAS able to write to a sub directory
Thanks again, I very much appreciate your assistance on this
