RE: OT - MDEL on iSeries

["Lapeyre, Francis" <FLAPEYRE@xxxxxxxx>]

Try this:

If they are getting all the files in a particular library, then 

QUOTE SITE CLRLIB(library)

In place of the MDEL (assuming that the profile they are signing on with
has the authority to clear that library).

Francis Lapeyre
IS Dept. Programmer/Analyst
Stewart Enterprises, Inc.
E-mail: flapeyre@xxxxxxxx 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:ftpapi-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brian
Eckenrod
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 11:18 AM
To: HTTPAPI and FTPAPI Projects
Subject: OT - MDEL on iSeries


   Hello Everyone.  Not an FTPAPI specific question, just iSeries FTP in
   general.
   I have a situation where someone connects to our iSeries to retrieve
a
   set of files and then needs to delete these files once they are
picked
   up.  In their script, they are doing a simple:
   mget *.*
   mdel *.*
   Their pickup time is not when our job that creates the files is
   running, so there should be little chance of a new file appearing in
   between their get and delete commands.  I'd love to be able to
'sense'
   when they pick up, but I have not found a way to be able to do that
   server side and I am not able to push files to them (using FTPAPI) so
   this is the best setup we have at the moment.
   They can pick up the files without a problem, but when they issue the
   delete command, it only removes the member from the file and not the
   file itself.  Then when I check the library, it looks like the files
   are still there waiting to be picked up, even though they are
actually
   empty (no members).  The files are stored in a normal library (not an
   IFS folder).  If I issue the mdel command again, it will remove the
   file, but that seems like sort of a hack solution, although maybe it
   is the only one.
   I'm hoping maybe some people on the list can shed some light on this
   for me.
   Thanks everyone.
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