Write File
The Write File activity writes content to the specified file.
Settings
Field | Description |
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Write as |
Representation type of content in the file you want to write. You can select from the following options:
With 'Text', input textContent will hold the plain string. With 'Binary', input binaryContent will hold the base64 encoded string. |
Create Non-Existing Directories | When this field is set to true , the activity creates
all directories in the specified path, if they do not
already exist.
If this field is set to false with non-existing one
or more directories in the specified path, it throws an error.
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Compress |
This field specifies whether to compress the file using GZip format. Specify None for no compression, and GZip for a compressed output file. Note: When you specify GZip for this field, rename the file to use the .gz suffix and use gunzip to decompress the file.
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Input
The Input tab displays the following fields:
Field | Description |
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fileName |
The name and path of the file or directory. For example: /opt/tibco/flogo/filename |
overwrite |
Set this field to If the specified file exists and this field is set to |
textContent |
The contents of the file (text files). This field is present when Write as is set to Text. |
binaryContent |
The base64 encoded content of the file (binary files). This field is present when Write as is set to Binary. |
Output
The output schema displays all the metadata fields of a file in a read-only format. The metadata object contains fullPath, name, size, mode, modTime
and isDir
fields.
Loop
Refer to the section on "Using the Loop Feature in an Activity" in the TIBCO Flogo® Enterprise User Guide for information on the Loop tab.