Re: listfiles, moving files
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 17223
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texte = Thanks for the suggestion, beats writing a temporary database!Sandy>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/one folder]>[copyfile path=/one folder/[filename]&to=/anther folder/[filename]]>[/listfiles]>>[listfiles /store/one folder]>[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...>>-Dave>>>>At 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/one folder]>>[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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Thanks for the suggestion, beats writing a temporary database!Sandy>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/one folder]>[copyfile path=/one folder/[filename]&to=/anther folder/[filename]]>[/listfiles]>>[listfiles /store/one folder]>[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...>>-Dave>>>>At 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/one folder]>>[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 --+>>>
Sandra L. Pitner
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