We have a legacy store not using Image Engine where every part number has an image on the FTP Server that is the partnumber.jpg
Each manufacturer we have in the store has their own folder for images and PDFs on the FTP Server.
We need to delete a few thousand part numbers from Miva which is easy enough but I also want to delete the images from the FTP server.
I have a list of part numbers to delete and I have a list of JPGs in their folders to delete.
Uusing Windows 7 I thought I would map a network drive to the FTP Server (usually drive Z for example) then with a list of JPGs to delete and their various and many folders I would use a simple batch file to delete the JPGs.
I could not get Windows to map a drive to the Miva FTP Server but could to other FTP servers so I asked Miva Support and they told me mapping a network drive was not possible for security reasons.
We have FileZilla and another FTP client Ipswitch for FTP but I can't find a way to delete a thousand JPGs in many folders.
I downloaded another FTP program called ExpanDrive which did allow me to map drive Z to the Miva FTP Server and I can navigate and see the folders from a Command Prompt window.
The problem is using ExpanDrive I can (as a test on just one file) see the file I want to delete and issue the command like:
del partnumber.jpg
There is no error message but the file does not get deleted no matter how many ways I try to delete it.
As another test of ExpanDrive I found that it must sort of work because I can navigate and do things like rename a file with no problem - but I can't delete the file.
So what ideas or suggestions are there for deleting lots of image files from the FTP Server when the files are in various folders and there are a thousand to delete?
Each manufacturer we have in the store has their own folder for images and PDFs on the FTP Server.
We need to delete a few thousand part numbers from Miva which is easy enough but I also want to delete the images from the FTP server.
I have a list of part numbers to delete and I have a list of JPGs in their folders to delete.
Uusing Windows 7 I thought I would map a network drive to the FTP Server (usually drive Z for example) then with a list of JPGs to delete and their various and many folders I would use a simple batch file to delete the JPGs.
I could not get Windows to map a drive to the Miva FTP Server but could to other FTP servers so I asked Miva Support and they told me mapping a network drive was not possible for security reasons.
We have FileZilla and another FTP client Ipswitch for FTP but I can't find a way to delete a thousand JPGs in many folders.
I downloaded another FTP program called ExpanDrive which did allow me to map drive Z to the Miva FTP Server and I can navigate and see the folders from a Command Prompt window.
The problem is using ExpanDrive I can (as a test on just one file) see the file I want to delete and issue the command like:
del partnumber.jpg
There is no error message but the file does not get deleted no matter how many ways I try to delete it.
As another test of ExpanDrive I found that it must sort of work because I can navigate and do things like rename a file with no problem - but I can't delete the file.
So what ideas or suggestions are there for deleting lots of image files from the FTP Server when the files are in various folders and there are a thousand to delete?
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