Deleting Files

After you create a basic file delete action as described in Creating a Basic File Operation Action, use this procedure to set the properties of the action.

1. In the Source Filter box, enter the name of the file whose transfer will trigger this event. By default, ActiveTransfer Server considers all files.

Note:

You can use wildcard characters to filter the file names. For example, enter *.zip to trigger the event only when zip files are uploaded or downloaded. To trigger an event based on a name string in the zip files, use the name string in the Source Filter box, preceded and followed by wildcard characters. For example, enter *invoice*.zip to trigger the event based on the file URLs, when zip files containing the character string invoice in their file names are uploaded or downloaded. If you define a Source Filter for an action, the action acts only on the files that are filtered out.

For information on the use of wildcards in ActiveTransfer Server, see Use of Special Characters in Search.

2. If you want to use regular expression in the source filter, specify a valid regular expression in Source Filter and select Use regular expression.

(.(?!purchaseorder))*	Excludes files with the file URL containing purchaseorder
./out/.	Include files with the file URL containing the folder out
^abc(.*)123$	Includes anything that starts with abc and ends with 123. Matches abc123, abcxyz123, but not abcxyz123def
NEW-((.doc)\|(_backup_*))	Includes anything starting with NEW- that either ends in .doc, or is followed by the string _backup_

Select this option...	To...
Retry [ ] times, at intervals of [ ] second(s)	Retry a failed delete action for the specified number of times, at the interval specified in seconds.
Execute error action	Execute an error action if the file operation fails.
Execute asynchronously	Execute the file operation in a different thread so that it does not interfere with other actions.

A “delete” action deletes the files that are passed on from the previous action. The deleted files are not passed on to the subsequent action. If a source filter is configured in the action, then only the files that do not match the source filter are passed on to the next action.