File transfer activity - No suffix after download

[jorgeferreira]

Hello, 

Is it possible to disable the suffix added to the downloaded files on the File transfer activity?

The file "attach1.pdf" downloaded like this:

The filename afterwards will be: attach1_20231003101346a.pdf.

I can remove the suffix via JS code, but I'm wondering if there's any way to remove this suffix.

Thanks in advance!

[Marcel_Szimonisz]

Hello @jorgeferreira,

I think this cannot be turned off.. MIght be.. but you need to work with vars.filename and use js and shell script to rename file if needed.

//vars.filename = "atach1_29509ulkjflr390ru.pdf"
var matches = vars.filename.match(/([^_]+)(?=_)(_.+\.([^.]+))/);
if (matches && matches.length === 4) {
  var fileBaseName = matches[1],
      extension = matches[3],
      fileName = fileBaseName + "." + extension; 
  logInfo("Filename:", fileName); // This will output: Filename: atach1.pdf

  try{
   //in case you use linux based OS
   execCommand('mv "/path/to/your/'+vars.filename + ', "/path/to/your/'+ filename+'"', true);
  }catch(e){
    //handle error
  }
}

EDIT: I have not checked if vars.filename contains path as well. but if it does then you would change the code a bit to extract path, filename and extension.

Marcel Szimonisz

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[jorgeferreira · Accepted solution]

With Marcel's suggestion in mind, I ended up using the copyTo method from the File Class (experienceleague.adobe.com/developer/campaign-api/api/m-File-copyTo.html)

This way, it's transversal between operating systems.