MarioR83 opened a new issue, #7952: URL: https://github.com/apache/hop/issues/7952
### Apache Hop version? 2.18.1 ### Java version? 21.0.11 ### Operating system Linux ### What happened? I don't think the "include Subfolder" option within the Delete files Action is working as expected. Delete files Action seems to not be Ignoring Subfolders in Linux when "include Subfolder" is unchecked. In my scenario i have the "Delete Files" action going to //downloads/cams_download and deleting specific files. In that folder there is a subfolder called "mcbp-full" which the user associated with the HOP instance does not have permission to. In windows it seems to work just fine and the subfolder is ignored, but when the workflow runs in Linux the "Delete Files" action tries to check within the "mcbp-full" subfolder causing a failure because it doesn't have access to the folder. As a workaround I'm using a Shell Action to do the deleting and ignoring the subfolder. **Screen shot of "Delete Files" Action:** <img width="1020" height="435" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/14aea5e4-08f9-4ea0-a922-26fbb0c18d91"; /> **Workaround Shell Script:** `#!/bin/sh echo "Deleting WNUN files from /downloads/cams_download..." find /downloads/cams_download -maxdepth 1 \ -regex '.*/LOT_APL-PROD-1600-WNUN-EndOfDay-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]\.dat' \ -delete -print echo "Deleting CFPY files from /downloads/cams_download..." find /downloads/cams_download -maxdepth 1 \ -regex '.*/LOT_APL-PROD-1600-CFPY-EndOfDay-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]\.dat' \ -delete -print echo "Done."` **Error in logs:** `[2026-08-12 01:00:41] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:41 - sap_pymts_job - Starting action [Delete files 1] [2026-08-12 01:00:41] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:41 - Delete files 1 - ERROR: Could not process [/downloads/cams_download], exception: Could not find files in "file:///downloads/cams_download". [2026-08-12 01:00:41] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:41 - Delete files 1 - ERROR: org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileSystemException: Could not find files in "file:///downloads/cams_download". [2026-08-12 01:00:41] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:41 - Delete files 1 - at org.apache.commons.vfs2.provider.AbstractFileObject.findFiles(AbstractFileObject.java:1019) [2026-08-12 01:00:41] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:41 - Delete files 1 - at org.apache.commons.vfs2.provider.AbstractFileObject.delete(AbstractFileObject.java:413) [2026-08-12 01:00:41] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:41 - Delete files 1 - at org.apache.hop.workflow.actions.deletefiles.ActionDeleteFiles.processFile(ActionDeleteFiles.java:216) [2026-08-12 01:00:41] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:41 - Delete files 1 - at org.apache.hop.workflow.actions.deletefiles.ActionDeleteFiles.execute(ActionDeleteFiles.java:138) [2026-08-12 01:00:41] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:41 - Delete files 1 - at org.apache.hop.workflow.Workflow.executeFromStart(Workflow.java:760) [2026-08-12 01:00:41] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:41 - Delete files 1 - at org.apache.hop.workflow.Workflow.executeFromStart(Workflow.java:933) [2026-08-12 01:00:41] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:41 - Delete files 1 - at org.apache.hop.workflow.Workflow.executeFromStart(Workflow.java:933) [2026-08-12 01:00:41] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:41 - Delete files 1 - at org.apache.hop.workflow.Workflow.executeFromStart(Workflow.java:933) [2026-08-12 01:00:41] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:41 - Delete files 1 - at org.apache.hop.workflow.Workflow.executeFromStart(Workflow.java:452) [2026-08-12 01:00:41] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:41 - Delete files 1 - at org.apache.hop.workflow.Workflow.startExecution(Workflow.java:312) [2026-08-12 01:00:41] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:41 - Delete files 1 - at org.apache.hop.workflow.engines.local.LocalWorkflowEngine.startExecution(LocalWorkflowEngine.java:257) [2026-08-12 01:00:41] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:41 - Delete files 1 - at org.apache.hop.workflow.actions.workflow.ActionWorkflowRunner.run(ActionWorkflowRunner.java:55) [2026-08-12 01:00:41] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:41 - Delete files 1 - at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1583) [2026-08-12 01:00:41] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:41 - Delete files 1 - Caused by: org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileNotFolderException: Could not list the contents of "file:///downloads/cams_download/mcbp-full" because it is not a folder. [2026-08-12 01:00:41] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:41 - Delete files 1 - at org.apache.commons.vfs2.provider.AbstractFileObject.getChildren(AbstractFileObject.java:1110) [2026-08-12 01:00:41] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:41 - Delete files 1 - at org.apache.commons.vfs2.provider.AbstractFileObject.traverse(AbstractFileObject.java:96) [2026-08-12 01:00:41] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:41 - Delete files 1 - at org.apache.commons.vfs2.provider.AbstractFileObject.traverse(AbstractFileObject.java:99) [2026-08-12 01:00:41] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:41 - Delete files 1 - at org.apache.commons.vfs2.provider.AbstractFileObject.findFiles(AbstractFileObject.java:1016) [2026-08-12 01:00:41] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:41 - Delete files 1 - ... 12 more [2026-08-12 01:00:42] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:41 - Delete files 1 - ERROR: Could not process [/downloads/cams_download], exception: Could not find files in "file:///downloads/cams_download". [2026-08-12 01:00:42] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:42 - Delete files 1 - ERROR: org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileSystemException: Could not find files in "file:///downloads/cams_download". [2026-08-12 01:00:42] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:42 - Delete files 1 - at org.apache.commons.vfs2.provider.AbstractFileObject.findFiles(AbstractFileObject.java:1019) [2026-08-12 01:00:42] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:42 - Delete files 1 - at org.apache.commons.vfs2.provider.AbstractFileObject.delete(AbstractFileObject.java:413) [2026-08-12 01:00:42] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:42 - Delete files 1 - at org.apache.hop.workflow.actions.deletefiles.ActionDeleteFiles.processFile(ActionDeleteFiles.java:216) [2026-08-12 01:00:42] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:42 - Delete files 1 - at org.apache.hop.workflow.actions.deletefiles.ActionDeleteFiles.execute(ActionDeleteFiles.java:138) [2026-08-12 01:00:42] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:42 - Delete files 1 - at org.apache.hop.workflow.Workflow.executeFromStart(Workflow.java:760) [2026-08-12 01:00:42] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:42 - Delete files 1 - at org.apache.hop.workflow.Workflow.executeFromStart(Workflow.java:933) [2026-08-12 01:00:42] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:42 - Delete files 1 - at org.apache.hop.workflow.Workflow.executeFromStart(Workflow.java:933) [2026-08-12 01:00:42] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:42 - Delete files 1 - at org.apache.hop.workflow.Workflow.executeFromStart(Workflow.java:933) [2026-08-12 01:00:42] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:42 - Delete files 1 - at org.apache.hop.workflow.Workflow.executeFromStart(Workflow.java:452) [2026-08-12 01:00:42] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:42 - Delete files 1 - at org.apache.hop.workflow.Workflow.startExecution(Workflow.java:312) [2026-08-12 01:00:42] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:42 - Delete files 1 - at org.apache.hop.workflow.engines.local.LocalWorkflowEngine.startExecution(LocalWorkflowEngine.java:257) [2026-08-12 01:00:42] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:42 - Delete files 1 - at org.apache.hop.workflow.actions.workflow.ActionWorkflowRunner.run(ActionWorkflowRunner.java:55) [2026-08-12 01:00:42] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:42 - Delete files 1 - at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1583) [2026-08-12 01:00:42] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:42 - Delete files 1 - Caused by: org.apache.commons.vfs2.FileNotFolderException: Could not list the contents of "file:///downloads/cams_download/mcbp-full" because it is not a folder. [2026-08-12 01:00:42] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:42 - Delete files 1 - at org.apache.commons.vfs2.provider.AbstractFileObject.getChildren(AbstractFileObject.java:1110) [2026-08-12 01:00:42] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:42 - Delete files 1 - at org.apache.commons.vfs2.provider.AbstractFileObject.traverse(AbstractFileObject.java:96) [2026-08-12 01:00:42] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:42 - Delete files 1 - at org.apache.commons.vfs2.provider.AbstractFileObject.traverse(AbstractFileObject.java:99) [2026-08-12 01:00:42] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:42 - Delete files 1 - at org.apache.commons.vfs2.provider.AbstractFileObject.findFiles(AbstractFileObject.java:1016) [2026-08-12 01:00:42] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:42 - Delete files 1 - ... 12 more [2026-08-12 01:00:42] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:42 - Delete files 1 - File [\\lcdsa11193\bpo-shared-data-smb\files\in\cams_download] already deleted or did not exist. [2026-08-12 01:00:42] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:42 - Delete files 1 - File [\\lcdsa11193\bpo-shared-data-smb\files\in\cams_download] already deleted or did not exist. [2026-08-12 01:00:42] INFO - 2026/08/12 05:00:42 - sap_pymts_job - Finished action [Delete files 1] (result=[false])` ### Issue Priority Priority: 1 ### Issue Component Component: Actions -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
