PurgeFiles - XWiki

= Introduction =

"PurgeFiles" is a connector that allows administrators to delete all unused Files from directories by including all patterns desired in a format file.

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The connector has been built in order to give more storage capacity to the next files that will be created.

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Our connector's presentation is going to be described by details in 3 parts :

1. Parameters.

1. format (example)

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= Parameters =

The only parameter used in the PurgeFiles connector is a 'format' file.

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The format file contains the following parameters :

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* iXPurgeJobFiles : XML root node containing all patterns nodes to be deleted, it has an attribute called '__stopTime__' that indicates a number of minutes to stop the PurgeJobFiles.

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* iXPattern : a node that has one attribute '__Retention__' that refers to the number of days, if the file is older than the 'Retention' value, it will be deleted. The value of '__iXPattern__' should contain the pattern of job files target.

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** if the value of the pattern finishes by __'/'__, it means that we want to delete directories.

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** if not, the connector deletes the file that matches the pattern.

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= Format (example) =

Below, we find an example showing a format file to delete job files with some patterns :

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1. We want to delete all job files in a stopTime of 5 minutes.

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1. The first pattern to be deleted is : '/jobs/*/*/*/*/logs/' older than //**25 days**.// the connector in this case will delete all **__directories__** matching with the pattern.

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1. The second pattern to be deleted is : '/jobs/2021/*/*/*/out/OUT.TRK ' older than **//17 days. //**The connector in this case will delete all __**files**__ matching with the pattern.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<iXDoc>

<iXPattern Retention = "12" absolute="true">C:/SERVER/Data/Logs/COM/FILE/*</iXPattern>