The FTPGET command is used to get data from another server. The command uses the ALERT file to determine what computer has the data and the exact name of the file. The IP address is looked up in the parsing table to determine the Host ID. The Host ID is then used to determine the username and password for the ftp session. An ftp session is then used to transfer the data from the remote computer. The local directory and file name is constructed from the Message ID section of the parsing table. FTPGET commands are single threaded, based on the Host ID and Message ID. The FTPGET process calls dbn_alert.pl after the file is transferred to generate a new alert, indicating the availability of the file on the local computer.