Video: how to configure your server to find and delete old files

Words By John Carl Villanueva

Demonstrates how to set up JSCAPE MFT Server to monitor a directory for 1 year-old files and then automatically delete those files.

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This video demonstrates how to set up JSCAPE MFT Server to monitor a directory for 1 year-old files and then automatically delete those files.

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