Transfer Family connector, how to specify the remote filename in outbound direction ?

Question

Hello,

With AWS CLI, api 'transfer start-file-transfer', is it possible to specify the remote filename for an outbound transfer ?

In the following example, I am able to transfer the file from the given S3 bucket to the remote SFTP server. But the filename is unchanged :
 aws transfer start-file-transfer --connector-id c-1234567890abc \
      --send-file-paths /bucket-name/someFile.txt \
      --remote-directory-path /someDirectory

I would need an argument like '--remote-filename' but it does not seem to exist...

Vinamra Jain · Accepted Answer

That's right - currently it is not possible to rename the file when calling the StartFileTransfer command. The connector preserves the same file name when writing it to the remote directory. Curious to know if you have considered renaming the file before initiating the transfer itself, or what might make that approach undesirable ? If you need to rename file when connector writes it to remote directory, would also recommend reaching out to AWS Support to submit this as a feature request for the AWS Transfer Family service.

Transfer Family connector, how to specify the remote filename in outbound direction ?

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