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Delete Files (legacy)

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This node deletes the files and folders contained in the input table. The location may be a remote location. Folders will also be deleted if they still contain files.

This legacy filehandling node has been replaced by Delete Files/Folders / Delete Files/Folders (Table) and will be deprecated in the foreseeable future. For further information about the new file handling framework see the File Handling Guide.

Node details

Input ports
  1. Type: Remote Connection
    Connection information port
    Port object containing the connection information to the server. (Optional)
  2. Type: Table
    Filelist port
    Table containing the list of files that should be deleted.
Output ports
  1. Type: Table
    Filelist table
    Table containing the list of files that have been deleted. If files are allowed to fail there is an additional column, that will indicate if the deletion was successful or did fail.

Extension

The Delete Files (legacy) node is part of this extension:

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