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Deleting files on ftp site, with zero size (wodFtpDLX / wodFtpDLX.NET)

by scots, Friday, January 31, 2014, 20:22 (3735 days ago)

I have a client, who runs a process every days
and it will create a file regardless of whether there is
data to put into the file or not.

so.. they will end up with a lot of files, with a size of zero
is there an easy way for me to do that?

maybe with a listdir?
I will have to use a wildcard, to only get files that start with
certain text

is it possible to do a delete, inside of a loopitem?

seems like it would be easier for them, to do the delete on their end
but, they are unwilling to

I'd appreciate any suggestions. Thanks

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Deleting files on ftp site, with zero size

by wodSupport, Friday, January 31, 2014, 20:58 (3735 days ago) @ scots

I think you cannot use our internal functions for automation. What I think you could od is do a ListDir, and then, when you have all the information about files and their sizes, put ones you want to download in some local collection. And then

while (collection.size > 0)
ftp1.deletefile collection[0]
collection.erase(0)
end while

so, as long as there are elements (ones you put there, by your decisions) delete them.

That's one of possible ideas.

Kreso

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