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# 8  
Old 01-15-2009
You can't tell the FTP server to only list the old files, no. You could tell it to list a directory and filter out any new files. The exact information ftp returns for a directory listing is implementation-dependent.
# 9  
Old 01-16-2009
Thanks Corona688! I guess I'll have to come up with a work around to get this done... I'm planning to do the following...
  1. Login to the remote FTP server.
  2. Get the directory listing into a file on my local machine.
  3. Disconnect from the FTP server.
  4. Using the list file, identify the matching old files that need to be deleted.
  5. Connect to the ftp server and delete those files.

I'll let you guys know how it works out... Thanks for all your replies...

regards,
Arun.
Last edited by rbatte1; 06-15-2017 at 09:35 AM.. Reason: Changed textual numbered list to formatted numbered list with LIST=1 tags
# 10  
Old 06-23-2009
Hi Arun,

I wondered if you have had any success with this?
I am facing the exact same requirement, where I need to delete old log files from a remote server via FTP as I only have FTP access to the server in question.

Thanks.
# 11  
Old 06-23-2009
In my case, we had a daily job that would download new files from the remote ftp server and then place it in an archive directory in local machine after processing those files. Since identifying old files from a remote ftp server was quite tricky, I wrote a script that deleted the old files from ftp server using the following logic:
  1. Created a list of all the old files by going to the archive directory on my local machine.
  2. Used this list to delete the old files from the remote ftp server.

Served my purpose! Not sure if this helps you...

regards,
Arun.
Last edited by rbatte1; 06-15-2017 at 09:35 AM.. Reason: LIST=1 tags
# 12  
Old 06-23-2009
Thanks for the quick reply Arun. I think I will have to use a similar approach.
# 13  
Old 06-23-2009
Let me know if you need any help. I can provide you with the scripts I developed for this if you want...

regards,
Arun.
# 14  
Old 06-24-2009
That would be a great help if you could send me the scripts you developed. Thank you so much.
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