FTP Dynamically delete received file

[DeadManWalks]

Hi, I want to Dynamically delete files on a remote system. The file names will allways be different and there can be any number of them.

I know to do this so far in my FTP script.

ls (disk 

I now have the file;

Member . . . . . :   LSOUTPUT 
Control  . . . . .            
Find . . . . . . .            
*...+....1....+....2....+....3
20080131135910                
20080131164710                
20080131165220 

But how do I in my FTP scrip delete these files? Of course I will be doing an MGET * before hand.

[DeadManWalks]

Re: FTP Dynamically delete received file

Ug, I just came across MDelete *. That will work. I knew that if i posted I would stumble across the answer.

[FaStOnE]

Re: FTP Dynamically delete received file

Gotta love it when people answer their own questions ...

[gcraill]

Re: FTP Dynamically delete received file

Hi, I want to Dynamically delete files on a remote system. The file names will allways be different and there can be any number of them.

But how do I in my FTP scrip delete these files? Of course I will be doing an MGET * before hand.

Of course if you had wanted to deleted any number of "selected" files which may not be 100% of those MGOT, then you could just use an RPG pgm to create and write to an FTP instruction set file (text flat file) then override to that as the FTP (input) file for the FTP command.

In case you download all files (MGET *) then process them, and then delete only the files that have processed successfully, thereby leaving any "problem" files for investigation.

GC

[DeadManWalks]

Re: FTP Dynamically delete received file

Thanks for the reply. This is a good way to go. I'll add this.