Re: EmailCompleted Clean Up
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2001
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numero = 38503
interpreted = N
texte = >On 9/7/01 3:27 PM, Clint Davis
wrote: > >> Has anyone written code (that they'd like to share) for deleting old >> files from the EmailCompleted folder? >> >> If not, any pointers? >> >> (MacOS 9/WebSTAR 4.4/WebCat 4.02) > >I'll write it up for ya tonight and add it to my training site. > >The short version is you use a deletefile inside a listfiles loop. > >2 notes: > >B) listfiles doesn't have a max= argument, which is problematic for >directoriies with several thousands of files > >Green) a deletefile inside a listfiles only deletes Every Other matching >file. What a weird fluke. > It only deletes every other file because the index is dynamic while in the listfiles loop. If you want to do it right then build a list of items to delete while inside the listfiles loop and then delete them with a listwords loop on the list that you built.for example:[text]myList=[listfiles somefolder][filename]|[/listfiles][/text][listwords words=myList&delimiters=|] [deletefile somefolder/[word]] [/listwords] -- Sam LewisSamLewis.com Tel: 626-852-0956 Fax: 916-404-5698------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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>On 9/7/01 3:27 PM, Clint Davis wrote: > >> Has anyone written code (that they'd like to share) for deleting old >> files from the EmailCompleted folder? >> >> If not, any pointers? >> >> (MacOS 9/WebSTAR 4.4/WebCat 4.02) > >I'll write it up for ya tonight and add it to my training site. > >The short version is you use a deletefile inside a listfiles loop. > >2 notes: > >B) listfiles doesn't have a max= argument, which is problematic for >directoriies with several thousands of files > >Green) a deletefile inside a listfiles only deletes Every Other matching >file. What a weird fluke. > It only deletes every other file because the index is dynamic while in the listfiles loop. If you want to do it right then build a list of items to delete while inside the listfiles loop and then delete them with a listwords loop on the list that you built.for example:[text]myList=[listfiles somefolder][filename]|[/listfiles][/text][listwords words=myList&delimiters=|] [deletefile somefolder/[word]] [/listwords] -- Sam LewisSamLewis.com Tel: 626-852-0956 Fax: 916-404-5698------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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