enVision: How to delete the sftpagent's .pos / position file
2 years ago
Originally Published: 2010-08-31
Article Number
000051014
Applies To
sftpagent 3.7
Issue
how to delete a pos file automatically
Cause
There is an undocumented feature to allow control of when/if pos files get deleted automatically
Resolution
1. edit the sftpagent.conf file

example:

agent.poscleaninterval=2-m

This entry will delete the .pos file every two minutes.


1.     agent.poscleaninterval=<time spec> - The default value is 0, which means that the POS dir will have to be manually cleaned.

2.     The value can be configured here to be in seconds (1-s), minutes (1-min), hours (1-h), days

3.     (1-d), weeks (1-w) or years (1-y), the maximum being 1 year, or equivalent value

4.     in other units. If exceeded, will be set to default cleaning interval 1 year.