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21 Nov
How to to skip files if they already exist at the destination
How to to skip files if they already exist at the destination
Q: I’m looking to setup a nightly schedule that will copy files from source to destination. Is there a way to skip files if they already exist at the destination?
A: If you start with a fresh setup, meaning no files available in the Destination when you first trigger the Rule then we really recommend our ‘File Memory’ option. This way our tool remembers which files were already copied to the destination and this is also the fastest way.
If some destination files already exist then you could fill the File Memory database first. This is only possible with [WIN] as Source!
1.Enable ‘Enable File Memory’ option (previous screenshot). This option must stay enabled.
2.Enable ‘Skip Destination when filename isn’t in the database (WIN)’ and click <Save>
3. Enable the Rule and trigger it once, the Rule will run and fill the file memory database. With the ‘Skip Destination when filename isn’t in the database (WIN)’ enabled the Rule will skip the destination during this scan and only fill the file memory database.
4. Next, Disable ‘Skip Destination when filename isn’t in the database (WIN)’ and click <Save>
This way the file memory database was filled with the existing [WIN] Source files. Any new files in the source will be copied once during the next scan.

If you need any help with this “skip files if they already exist” question, please let us know.
Best Regards,
Limagito Team
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By Limagito-Team How-to already exist
20 Jul
How to halt moving too many files and send an alert
How to halt moving too many files and send an alert
Q: I have a job that moves files from an external S3 bucket into our local storage. The other day a vendor hiccupped and sent 8000 files. Limagito did it’s job and moved them over, which ended up gumming up our systems. Is there any way to limit transfers? I’ve been looking through Help and haven’t seen anything yet.
For instance…I know this vendor normally sends around 10 a month. Anything over 50 would obviously be abnormal and It would be great to throttle them, even better to send an alert and let us know, so we can correct the issue.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
A: Please have a look at the following setup. So we’ll allow only a maximum of files per month.
We used a Windows folder as Source:
– Function Setup > set Destination Options to ‘Destination Memory & Exit Cyclus on Error’
– Destination Setup:
First Destination: Pascal Script
This script will check the month and the amount of files it successfully moved
You can adjust the “ctMaxFilesAllowed” Const value to allow more or less files per month
Second Destination: your output, can be any Destination type.
Third Destination: Pascal Script
Will increase the internal counter (VIA) if a file is successfully moved
Link to both scripts, for the first and third Destination.
First Destination (Pascal Script):
Third Destination (Pascal Script):
– Open Our Rule Events option:
– Select and enable ‘On Pascal Script Error’ event. Enable ‘Enable Mail’ and adjust the mail setup. There is a test button available.
Enable the ‘Error event memory’ because otherwise you’ll get too many emails in case the maximum of files is reached.
FYI: When you would test this setup and max files are reached we added a way to reset the internal counter (max files allowed per month).
Right click on the Counter value below and select ‘Reset Counter’.
This is is just an example of what is possible. If you need any help with this ‘halt moving too many files’ setup, please let us know.
Best Regards,
Limagito Team
#managedfiletransfer #filetransfer #filemanagement
By Limagito-Team Events How-to Pascal Script halt moving, too many files
19 Nov
How to rename a file to include day of the week
How to rename a file to include day of the week
Q: I found this in your blog but my filename pattern is different and I don’t know enough of the Pascal language to edit it.
https://limagito.com/qa-2-is-it-possible-to-rename-a-file-that-has-a-date-in-the-filename-to-also-include-the-day-of-the-week/
Here is an example of what I would like to rename.
Original Filename: 2023-10-24_section_A2.pdf
(2023-10-24 = October 24, 2023)
Rename To: Tues_2023-10-24_section_A2.pdf
Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
A: Please have a look at the following example, I guess we need to fine-tune it. Let us know what you think.
We used a Windows folder as source:
Next, open our Pascal Script option:
Enable and add the following ‘On Destination’ Pascal Script:
You can download the script: here
We used a Windows Folder as Destination:
Enable ‘Rename Files during Copy/Move’
Renaming Setup:
RegEx: (.*)
Replacement: %VSA
RunTime Log Result:
#managedfiletransfer #filetransfer #filemanagement
If you need any help with this ‘include day of the week’ request, please let us know.
Best Regards,
Limagito Team
By Limagito-Team How-to Pascal Script Rename Uncategorized day of the week, rename

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