SSIS: Using the DirList property of the FTP and SFTP receive tasks

The DirList property of the FTP and SFTP receive tasks can be set to a User variable that you have created. You can then use this variable in a Foreach Loop Container as well as from a Script Task.

To use the User variable you've assigned to the DirList property of the task in a Foreach Loop Container first set the Enumerator to a Foreach ADO Enumerator. Under Variable Mappings you can specify a variable that maps to any of the following indices.

0 - Filename
1 - FileSize
2 - FileTime
3 - IsDir
4 - Listing

For more information about these values please consult the help file section on the DirList property.

To use the User variable you've assigned to the DirList property of the task in a Script Task first specify the variable in the list of ReadOnly or ReadWrite variables of the task. Within the Script Task you can do something like this:

Dim myTable As DataTable Dim row As DataRow Dim i As Integer myTable = CType(Dts.Variables("User::DirList").Value, DataTable) File.Create("C:\temp\list.txt").Close() For i = 0 To myTable.Rows.Count - 1 row = myTable.Rows(i) File.AppendAllText("C:\temp\list.txt", CType(row("Filename"), String) & vbCrLf) Next Dts.TaskResult = Dts.Results.Success

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