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Q: Looking for Software to accomplish Archiving task.

Details: Looking for product that we can schedule to look at multiple project folders within a base directory, if no files have been modified in X days within a project folder, then move (copy/delete) that whole project directory and files to another server/CIFS location. Even better if that product can append a string (like date) to the moved project folder for reference ( if possible append 10_02_2020 to end of projectX folder name). Essentially we want to automate archiving data from expensive location/storage to cheap location/storage.

A: In version v2020.10.3.0 we added some Pascal Script functions to achieve this request.

Some screenshots to get you started:

>Please Select WIN as Source and change the ‘Select Directory’ to %VSA.

So as you see the WIN as Source will NOT be your project base folder! Parameters in LimagitoX File Mover start with %. %VSA stands for Variable String A. %VSA can be used at different places in the rule setup. In this case %VSA will get its value using Pascal Script.

> Select ‘Pascal Script’ Setup in the ‘Moving Rule’ menu:

>Enable and add the following ‘On Rule Begin’ Pascal Script:

Important, change the following Const in the Pascal Script:

• ctSourcePath = ‘C:\Test\In\’;
• ctOlderThanInDays = 1000;

ctSourcePath is the base directory of your Project Folders.

ctOlderThanInDays is set to 1000. So in this case the youngest file should be older then 1000 days before we move the project folder and its content.

Var
  iPath: Integer;
  tmpFileDate: TDateTime;
  tmpFileName: String;
  tmpPath: String;
  tmpPaths: TStringList;
Const
  ctSourcePath = 'C:\Test\In\';
  ctOlderThanInDays = 1000;
Begin
  // Init Var
  psExitCode:= 0;
  psVSA := '';
  // ... add your code here
  psLogWrite(1, '', 'PS Source File Path: ' + ctSourcePath);
  tmpPaths := TStringList.Create;
  Try
    // psListPaths(Directory: String; DirectoryFilter: String; DirectoryLevel: integer; Var Paths: TStringList);
    psListPaths(ctSourcePath, '*', 1, tmpPaths);
    psLogWrite(1, '', 'PS Folders Found: ' + tmpPaths.Text);
    // Iterate
    For iPath := 0 To (tmpPaths.Count-1) Do
    Begin
      tmpPath := tmpPaths.Strings[iPath];
      // psGetYoungestFilename(Directory: String; FilenameFilter: String; IncludeSubDirectory: boolean): String;
      tmpFileDate := psGetYoungestFileDate(tmpPath, '*.*', True);
      If tmpFileDate <> 0 Then
      Begin
        // Debug Info
        tmpFileName := psGetYoungestFilename(tmpPath, '*.*', True);
        psLogWrite(1, '', 'PS Youngest Filename Found: ' + tmpFileName + ' in ' + tmpPath);
        // Check Date
        If tmpFileDate < (Now - ctOlderThanInDays) Then
        Begin
          // Add Patht to psVSA Param
          If psVSA = '' Then
            psVSA := tmpPath + ';'
          Else
            psVSA := psVSA + tmpPath + ';';
        End;
      End;
    End;
    // Debug Info
    psLogWrite(1, '', 'PS Path Count: ' + IntToStr(tmpPaths.Count));
  Finally
    tmpPaths.Free;
  End;
  // Check Result
  If psVSA <> '' Then
  Begin
    psLogWrite(1, '', 'Pascal Script psVSA Result: ' + psVSA);
    psExitCode := 1;
  End
  Else
    psVSA := 'C:\NonExistingPath\';
End.

>Enable and add the following ‘On Destination’ Pascal Script

Important, change the following Const in the Pascal Script:

• ctSourcePath = ‘C:\Test\In\’;

ctSourcePath is the base directory of your Project Folders. Must be exactly the same as in the previous ‘On Rule Begin’ Pascal Script.

This Pascal Script will strip the root part of the Project Folder and set it to %VSB. We’ll use %VSB later for adding the date as requested to the root folder of the project.

Const
  ctSourcePath = 'C:\Test\In\';
Begin
  psExitCode:= 1;
  // ... add your code here
  psVSB := psStringReplace(psSourcePath, ctSourcePath, '');
  psVSB := psStringReplace(psVSB, '\', '');
  psLogWrite(1, '', 'psVSB: ' + psVSB);
End.

>Select ‘Add WIN’ in the Destination Setup:

>Select your Destination folder (= where to move the project folders to):

>Enable and set ‘Create Subdir, opt.’ to:  %VSB_%TCD:MM_DD_YYYY:\%SFS

> Function setup, please leave the Function to ‘Copy Files’ during your tests. If everything is ok then you can change it to ‘Move Files’.

> Done

If you need any help with this Archiving task setup, please let us know.

Best Regards,

Limagito Team