cfftp to call program on AS400?

Question

During a normal FTP session on the AS400, I am able to put a file onto the AS400 and use a "Call" statement to execute a program to process a file I've just put on the server.

I do not see a "call" action available for cfftp? Is there a way to accomplish the program execution described above through the cfftp session?

Or is there another way to call the program on the remote server by way of Coldfusion?

WolfShade · Answer

I am fairly certain that there is not currently a native way of doing what you seek. It seems like a security implementation, to me. Imagine someone with a CF server making FTP connections to any other server, pushing a trojan, then executing it. Nope!

Now.. if the AS/400 system were to have CF Server on it, then you might be able to place a CFFUNCTION on it that contains a CFEXECUTE of the newly uploaded file, have the remote server push a file over to the AS/400, then invoke the CFFUNCTION. Maybe? IDK.. never tried it.. never had a need for it.

HTH,

^_^

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