Re: EmailCompleted Clean Up
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2001
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 38505
interpreted = N
texte = On 9/7/01 5:59 PM, Sam Lewis
wrote:>> 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]Hmm, interesting. I wonder how well the text field would word with a list of 12K file names. Hmmm, I'll have to try it tonight to see!!!!Another idea... Issue a deletefolder of the emaailcompleted, then immediately create a new folder in it's place... You gotta have steel 'nads to try this one.Either way, I wonder how much directory damage is caused by these methods (not to mention the initial writeout of several hundred/thousand/tens of thousands of essentially temp files... -- Brian B. Burton ------------------------------------------------------------- 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 5:59 PM, Sam Lewis wrote:>> 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]Hmm, interesting. I wonder how well the text field would word with a list of 12K file names. Hmmm, I'll have to try it tonight to see!!!!Another idea... Issue a deletefolder of the emaailcompleted, then immediately create a new folder in it's place... You gotta have steel 'nads to try this one.Either way, I wonder how much directory damage is caused by these methods (not to mention the initial writeout of several hundred/thousand/tens of thousands of essentially temp files... -- Brian B. Burton ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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