Delete Expired Documents

This document covers the following topics:


Description

Program

B04110

Function

Delete documents completely from Con-nect whose expiration date has passed (e.g. deleted documents will not be placed in file Wastebasket).

Online Input Screen

  12:49 PM             * * *  C O N - N E C T  3  * * *                14.Feb.94
  Cabinet LS               Delete Expired Documents                       B04110
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
               Documents that have an expiration date less                      
               than the current date   14.Feb.94 are handled here.              
                                                                                
                                                                                
               From Cabinet ________ to Cabinet ________                        
                                                                                
               ('*' for all cabinets)                                           
                                                                                
                                                                                
               Mark _ to prevent the deletion of documents marked for archive   
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
 Enter-PF1---PF2---PF3---PF4---PF5---PF6---PF7---PF8---PF9---PF10--PF11--PF12---
             Menu  Quit                                                         
 Complete the information above and press ENTER to continue                     

Utility Parameters

Parameter Format Description
From Cabinet A8  
To Cabinet A8 Optional
Archive Flag A1 Optional

Procedure

Documents whose expiration date has passed will be deleted. You use the INFO command to display the expiration date for a document.

Specify the Archive-flag parameter if you do not want to delete the documents marked to be archived.

Bulletin board items can be deleted by the Con-nect administrators (regardless of who created them) if SYSCNTB is entered as the cabinet name.

When a range of cabinets is entered, all cabinets beginning with SYSCNT are ignored.

The total number of records deleted is produced in the resulting report. The report contains the following information:

  • Cabinet

  • Object name

  • Folder/File

  • An X is returned in the last column if the document was marked for archive.

Batch Example

Delete all documents whose expiration date has passed, including those marked to be archived. This would be coded as follows:

LOGON SYSCNT2B 
MENU B04110 * 
FIN