How to email a list of deleted files
Q: I want to email a list of deleted files on a weekly base. Is this possible with Limagito File Mover.
A: You could use our ‘Logging to File’ option but in this case the customer wanted a custom list file so we used our scripting option.
- First you’ll need to setup your delete Rule. We used a Windows Folder as Source:
- Set Function To ‘Delete Files’:
- Open our ‘Rule Events’ option:
- Enable ‘On Success’ Event and add the following Pascal Scriptt:
- do not forget to adjust the ctOutputFile Const
- We used ‘C:\Test\FileToSend.txt’
Var tmpList: TStringList; Const ctOutputFile = 'C:\Test\FileToSend.txt'; Begin psExitCode:= 1; // ... add your code here tmpList := TStringList.Create; Try Try If FileExists(ctOutputFile) Then tmpList.LoadFromFile(ctOutputFile) Else tmpList.Add('Files deleted since ' + FormatDateTime('d mmmm yyyy', Now)); // Add Info tmpList.Add(FormatDateTime('YYYY/MM/DD HH:NN:SS', Now) + ' Deleted File: ' + psFilePath + psFileName); // Save tmpList.SaveToFile(ctOutputFile) Except psLogWrite(1, '', 'Could not adjust file: ' + ctOutputFile); End; Finally tmpList.Free; End; End.
- Next add a second Rule which you’ll trigger once a week. Let the second Rule ‘Move’ the create file ‘C:\Test\FileToSend.txt’ (previously defined inthe script of the delete Rule as ctOutputFile) and use SMTP (email) as Destination.
- We would use our schedule option to move this listing file once a week
- The example is set to every Monday at 6:00 AM
- We would use our schedule option to move this listing file once a week
If you need any help with this “list of deleted files” question, please let us know.
Best Regards,
Limagito Team
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