Delete Shuttle files from DeskPack Container automatcially

[tommrz]

How do i set up my workflows to automatically delete the files that are generated in the DeskPack Container volume when submitting a job through Shuttle? Anybody doing this?

 

[PDL]

The answer to this question, and many others, can be found by searching the Esko Knowledge Base that is accessible at https://www.esko.com/en/support/.

I found this by typing in “deskpack folders” in the Search our Knowledge Base area.
https://wiki.esko.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=78612971

 

[tommrz]

Thank you for the link. I found a few topics which may have helped but they seem to be geared for AE 12 rather then AE 14. Even some of the AE 14 documentation does not appear to be updated. For example, in the knowledge base article "KB76721008: DeskPack - Can the temporary files in the DeskPack container be cleaned up" it states "you can automatically delete tasks (Automation Engine Pilot Tools menu > Configure > Clean up rules)" In AE 14 there is no Tools > Configure > Clean up rules. There is however a clean up rules tab under Tools > Configure > Automation Engine Database > Tasks > Cleanup Rules "tab" but it is not really clear to me if this is where I can tell AE to delete the temp files in the deskpack container.It looks to me like this is where you can remove the history of the tasks in the AE task pane. It also states in the article that you can adapt your workflow to mark or select these files so they can be deleted at the end of the workflow but it doesn't go into much detail about that. This is what i ended up doing by having a "select file" task look for any folder starting with TS with a regex and delete any matched folders found. I think i am missing something because that seems like a long way around to do what I'm after. Believe me I am no Automation Engine expert that's why I am asking...

 

[Jose Gonzales]

You are correct that the task clean up rules will clear the history. But once the task history is cleared the temp files related to those tasks will be removed as well.

Alternative the mark & select should do the trick as well.

http://docs.esko.com/docs/en-us/aut...mon/ae/reference/re_ae_ExampleMarkSelect.html

Simple add marks tasks to your workflow (tag it as TEMP For instance), at the end of your workflow you add a select followed by a delete task. See above link for more information.