Clean-Up Action

You can configure an EFT Server Event Rule to clean up a specified folder at regularly scheduled intervals. You must provide EFT Server with connection information (protocol and login details) and file information (source path and destination path).

The Clean up Folder Action is available only with the On Timer Server event. At the interval that you specify, the Server compares the filter parameters of the Cleanup Action to the files in the designated folder, then determines the creation time of the file and deletes ("cleans up") files that match the cleanup parameters. For example, if you specify to cleanup files that are older than 7 days named dailyreport*.doc in the folder D:\WorkFolder\Sales\Daily Reports, any Microsoft Word files in that folder with dailyreport in the file name are deleted.

To set up EFT Server to cleanup files

1. Follow the procedure in Creating Event Rules to create a Scheduler (Timer) Event. The Event Rule appears in the Rule pane.
   
   

2. In the Actions list, double-click Cleanup in folder. The Action is added to the rule in the Rule pane.
   
   

3. In the Rule pane, click the "[select]" link. The File Cleanup Action Parameters dialog box appears.
   
   

4. In the Delete file(s) older than <n> box, specify the minimum age of a file to delete from the folder.

5. Click the open icon to specify the folder that you want to clean up.

6. Include all files in the folder (*) is selected by default. You can Include or Exclude specific files from the cleanup Action, and/or use wildcards for file types, partial names, and so on.

7. Click OK.

8. Click Apply to save the changes on EFT Server.