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MFT Can Not Dynamically Create Target FTP Folder If Parent Folder Does Not Exist (Doc ID 2387452.1)

Last updated on APRIL 24, 2018

Applies to:

Oracle Managed File Transfer - Version 12.1.3.0.0 to 12.2.1.1.0 [Release 12c]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

A callout is used in order to dynamically set the output folder.
The callout will use the mft api to dynamically create the output folder.
  2.2.3 Configuring Target-Specific Transfer Settings
The folder can not be created and the transport instance fails.
In the out log we can see the following exception:

Change working directory to /FTP_REMOTE/Parent_Folder02/Child_Folder01 in the server failed.
Please make sure that the directory exists.

 If the parent folder exists than the instance completes successfully.

Cause

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