Need to erase files from ftp server automatically

Hi i have an ftp server where reports automatically get uploaded multiple times a day. After viewing these reports i have no need for them. As there is such a large amount of deleating to be done i wonder is there any perl or cgi program that will delete the specified files for me.

Each report is created in its own folder named time and date of upload . There are three files in each report.

So i need a script or something that can erase everything in the main report folder except one file which is index.html and images folder.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

well the route I would take on this is when the file is automatically created have the software that does that write the file name and date created to a database such as mysql. Then each time a page is accessed have it look at that table and for file names x days old and delete anything older than a day, just grab all the records where datecreated older than one day then go through each name and issue a FTP delete command witht eh variable name as file name.

 

i like your thinking. although i dont run sql but i might have another way to do it with the same theory.

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