Kevin,

This info might help depending on how you are trying to accomplish this.

We have a VB 6.0 program that is a "file mover". The program constantly cycles through 
the folders on that FTP site, copies the files out of our FTP server that are new, 
puts them in a directory on our file server, and then validates the files through a 
CRC/size validation before deleting the file off of the FTP server.  If you modify 
this idea and set it up as a service on each box to check, say every 5 min, you should 
be able to accomplish what you are trying to do.  You would have to either install a 
client program on each box or configure a program on the FTP server to distribute the 
files to each box.  That would require static IP's or another way to ensure that the 
files go to the right place.  You should also set up the users to have their own user 
ID, password, and folder for the same reasons.

I think that, while you could do it through a script, an .EXE, or service, in C#, C++, 
or VB would work better for what you are trying to accomplish.  The nice thing about 
services is that they auto restart, if you write them correctly ;-), and they log to 
an NT boxes log file as to when they error and why they errored.

James, Your solution will work IF the users have their own user ID and password that 
goes to their own folder.  

Jon Summers,
I.T. Director,
E.F.G. Inc.


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Configuring a .bat of script file to "fire-off" based on a download rule for
the "Host"  will probably also delete the files in all the other users
folders I want to keep. I don't know enough about scripting to make it work
and Ipswitch is NO help either.

 

 

 

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What about setting a Rule for File Download Attempts on the FTP Server? You
could run a 'clean up' batch file after they download the file(s). 

James Carcary 




 

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Our FTP server is WS_FTP (4.02). I have a client setup with their own "Host"
with 10 individual "Folders/Virtual Folders". The client has 10 workstations
using WS_FTP Pro(8.0). Each workstation downloads (Synchronizes) from only
one designated Folder from the "Host".  

Q. I need to automatically delete the folders 'files' on a
per-workstation-basis after it downloads (synchronizes).


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