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User's Guide
Version 1.1.12

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- The cosFileTransfer Application
  - Top of chapter
  - Content Overview
  - Brief description of the User's Guide
- Introduction to cosFileTransfer
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  - Overview
- Installing cosFileTransfer
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  - Installation Process
- Using the File Transfer Service
  - Top of chapter
  - Overview
- cosFileTransfer Examples
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  - A tutorial on how to create a simple service

# 5 cosFileTransfer Examples

### 5.1 A tutorial on how to create a simple service

#### Initiate the application

To use the complete cosFileTransfer application cosProperty must be installed.

#### How to run everything

Below is a short transcript on how to run cosFileTransfer.

    %% Start Mnesia and Orber
    mnesia:delete_schema([node()]),
    mnesia:create_schema([node()]),
    orber:install([node()]),
    mnesia:start(),
    orber:start(),

    %% The File Transfer Service depends on the cosProperty
    %% application. Hence, we must install cosProperty first.
    %% It's NOT necessary to invoke cosProperty:install_db().
    cosProperty:install(),

    %% Install File Transfer Service in the IFR.
    cosFileTransfer:install(),

    %% Now start the application and necessary services.
    cosFileTransfer:start(),

    %% Create two Virtual File Systems respectively representing an FTP-
    %% and the local NFS file system.
    VFSFTP = cosFileTransferApp:create_VFS('FTP', [], FTPHost, 21),
    VFSNATIVE = cosFileTransferApp:
                create_VFS({'NATIVE', 'cosFileTransferNATIVE_file'},
                           [], MyLocalHost, 0),

    %% Login to each system.
    {FSFTP, DirFTP} = 'CosFileTransfer_VirtualFileSystem':
                      login(VFSFTP, "myId", "myPwd", "myAccount"),
    {FSNATIVE, DirNATIVE} = 'CosFileTransfer_VirtualFileSystem':
                            login(VFSNATIVE, "myId", "myPwd", "myAccount"),

    %% If we want to copy a file from the NFS to the FTP we must first
    %% create a File object which contains its attributes.
    Target = 'CosFileTransfer_FileTransferSession':create_file(FSFTP,
                              ["/", "ftp", "incoming", "targetFile"])),

     #'CosFileTransfer_FileWrapper'{the_file = Dir} =
    %% Lookup the file we want to copy.
    FileWrapper = 'CosFileTransfer_FileTransferSession':get_file(FSNATIVE,
                              ["/", "home", "myId", "sourceFile"]),
    Source = FileWrapper#'CosFileTransfer_FileWrapper'.the_file,

    %% Now we are ready to transfer the file. Please note that we most
    %% call the source Session object.
    'CosFileTransfer_FileTransferSession':transfer(FSNATIVE, Source, Target),