Re: listfiles, moving files
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 17221
interpreted = N
texte = Looks like WebCat is relying on indexes for [listfiles] operations, like it does with [FoundItems] (search the archive for Re: Date or time comparisons have bugs ... for more info).Try this instead: [listfiles /store/pending] [copyfile path=/one folder/[filename]&to=/anther folder/[filename]] [/listfiles][listfiles /store/pending] [deletefile /one folder/[filename]] [/listfiles] Having to do two [listfiles] may be kind of slow, but it does mean that all of your files will be copied (moved) before any of them are deleted, so WebCat shouldn't get confused...-DaveAt 2:37 PM 4/23/98, Sandra L. Pitner wrote: >I'm trying to move all the files in one folder to another folder after I >process them in a batch manner. When I do the below code: > > >[listfiles /store/pending] >[movefile path=/one folder/[filename]&to=/anther >folder/[filename]][filename] >[/listfiles] > > >it moves every second file to the intended folder. I presume this is >because of some index mix-up that occurs from removing files from the >folder. > >Do I have to write a temporary databse of all the files in the folder >then do the [movefile] within [founditems] context? Any better ideas? > > >Thanks > > >Sandy o--------------- Dave MacLeay --+ o----------- Digital Frontier --+ o--- dave@digitalfrontier.com --+
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Looks like WebCat is relying on indexes for
[listfiles] operations, like it does with
[founditems] (search the archive for Re: Date or time comparisons have bugs ... for more info).Try this instead: [listfiles /store/pending] [copyfile path=/one folder/[filename]&to=/anther folder/[filename]] [/listfiles][listfiles /store/pending] [deletefile /one folder/[filename]] [/listfiles] Having to do two
[listfiles] may be kind of slow, but it does mean that all of your files will be copied (moved) before any of them are deleted, so WebCat shouldn't get confused...-DaveAt 2:37 PM 4/23/98, Sandra L. Pitner wrote: >I'm trying to move all the files in one folder to another folder after I >process them in a batch manner. When I do the below code: > > >[listfiles /store/pending] >[movefile path=/one folder/[filename]&to=/anther >folder/[filename]][filename] >[/listfiles] > > >it moves every second file to the intended folder. I presume this is >because of some index mix-up that occurs from removing files from the >folder. > >Do I have to write a temporary databse of all the files in the folder >then do the
[movefile] within
[founditems] context? Any better ideas? > > >Thanks > > >Sandy o--------------- Dave MacLeay --+ o----------- Digital Frontier --+ o--- dave@digitalfrontier.com --+
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