# append (FTP command) ## Overview The `append` command takes the incoming payload (either from another file on your remote server or some other source) and appends this content to a specified file on the remote server. ## Connection settings When [configuring an SFTP connector](https://doc.wearepatchworks.com/product-documentation/process-flows/building-process-flows/process-flow-shapes/standard-shapes/connector-shape/configuring-sftp-connections), three fields should be updated: | FTP command | Root | Path | | -------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | FTP command only: `append` | The root to the directory where the source file is located. You could enter just `/` and then a full path in the `path` field, or you can provide the full path as the root. | The source file (i.e. the file which contains content you want to append to the target file). | ## Example * [Scenario](#scenario) * [The steps](#the-steps) ### Scenario
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Our process flow is configured as follows:

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In this flow, we have three SFTP shapes, each with a different task:

SFTP shape 1
Retrieve the a list of fruit from a summer.txt file from /myfiles/folderA

SFTP shape 2
Append this content this to another list of fruit in a file named winter.txt, which is also stored in /myfiles/folderA:

SFTP shape 3
Get the full list of fruit from winter.txt and load it into the flow.

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### The steps
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Connector settings for SFTP shape 1

Our first SFTP shape is configured to retrieve content to append, from /myfiles/folderA/summer.txt . Connector settings are defined using a get command, as follows:

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Payload from SFTP shape 1

When the process flow is run, the payload for our first SFTP shape shows the content in /myfiles/folderA/summer.txt :

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Connector settings for SFTP shape 2

Our second SFTP shape is configured to append the current payload to our target file on the remote server - /myfiles/folderA/winter.txt . Connector settings are defined as follows:

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Payload from SFTP shape 2

When the process flow is run, the payload for our second SFTP shape shows just a 1:

A 1 indicates a successful response from your remote server. A 0 indicates an unsuccessful response from your remote server.

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Connector settings for SFTP shape 3

Our final SFTP shape is configured to retrieve our target file from the remote server - /myfiles/folderA/winter.txt . Connector settings are defined using a get command, as follows:

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Payload from SFTP shape 3

When the process flow is run, the payload for our final SFTP shape shows the content in /myfiles/folderA/winter.txt :

Here we can see that content from /myfiles/folderA/summer.txt has ben appended to original content in /myfiles/folderA/winter.txt.

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