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Yogesh Kulkarni
Yogesh Kulkarni

Reputation: 887

Alfresco is not moving old file to contentstore.deleted when updating file with FTP

When I update/overwrite a file with same file using FTP in alfresco, alfresco is creating multiple copies of this file in its contentstore. Alfresco is not moving old copies of this file in contentstore.deleted folder. This will unnecessarily increase contentstore size.

I want alfresco to move old file to contentstore.deleted when I update/overwrite same file in alfresco using FTP.

If I update this file with new file having different file size then alfresco is moving old file to contentstore.deleted, problem is only for updating with same file.

Also tried this by setting system.content.eagerOrphanCleanup=true, system.content.orphanProtectDays=0 and system.content.orphanCleanup.cronExpression=0 0/1 * * * ? in repository.properties but alfresco is not moving old files to contentstore.deleted

Upvotes: 2

Views: 5111

Answers (1)

Florian
Florian

Reputation: 1281

In Alfresco document deletion is a multistep process. In the first step nodes are "archived" and still remain in the contentstore, i.e. you should find them in the alfresco trashcan when you login into Alfresco Explorer as an admin (-> from the admin user profile). Only when they are removed from the trashcan they will be moved to the contentstore.deleted folder.

Have a look at this blog to understand the process. They even have a module to automate the deletion from the trashcan: http://alfrescoshare.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/understanding-alfresco-document-life-cycle-for-backup-strategy/

Note that by setting the option system.content.eagerOrphanCleanup=true your content files will be deleted immediately when you delete them from the trashcan and will not be moved to contentstore.deleted at all.

Upvotes: 3

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