RE: OT - MDEL on iSeries

[Brian Eckenrod <beckenrod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

   I've purposely restricted their account to very limited abilities to
   they can not clear the library (I tried that same thing earlier
   today).
   It just seems "nonstandard" for the mdel command to just remove
   members, but maybe that's how it works and there is no way around it.
   Thanks for the reply.

   "Lapeyre, Francis" <FLAPEYRE@xxxxxxxx>
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   04/12/2007 01:44 PM

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   RE: OT - MDEL on iSeries

   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
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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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