Move Files

Description

The Move Files action moves a number of files and/or folders to alternate locations on your file system.

This works also on remote file systems (via VFS, e.g. with FTP.

Example for a move (rename) of a file on a FTP server (username/password must be given for source and destination).

  • File source: ftp://username:password@ftpserver/dir/testfile_partly.txt

  • File destination: ftp://username:password@ftpserver/dir/testfile.txt

  • Check "Destination is a file" in the "Destination File" tab.

Options

General Tab

In this tab you can specify the files and/or folders to move.

Option Description

Workflow action name

The name of the workflow action.

Settings

  • Include Subfolders: also move the content of sub-folders

  • Move empty folders : also move empty folders

  • Simulate : don’t actually move anything, just see if it’s possible at all.

  • Copy previous results to args : use the result files from the previous workflow action (actions) as files and/or folders to move.

Files / Folders

You can specify the list of files or folders with destinations and wildcards in this grid. You can add a different source/destination on each line. NOTE: You can use the "Add" button to add a line to the Files/Folders list

Destination File Tab

In this tab you can specify the destination of the files and/or folders and their new filenames.

Option Description

Destination file

  • Create destination folder : use this option to create the destination folder

  • Destination is a file

  • Do not keep folder structure : flatten the sub-folder structure if any sub-folders are used

  • Add date to destination filename (yyyyMMdd or 20091231)

  • Add time to destination filename (HHmmss or 235959)

  • Specify date time format : allows you to specify your own date-time format. The default is yyyyMMdd'_'HHmmss

  • Add date before extension

  • If destination file exists: select one of these options:

    • Do nothing

    • Overwrite destination file

    • Create file with unique name

    • Delete source file

    • Move source file to folder : use the lower part of the dialog (next option in this grid)

    • Fail

Move to folder

  • Destination folder : the target folder to move to

  • Create folder

  • Add date

  • Add time

  • Specify format : allows you to specify your own date-time format. The default is yyyyMMdd'_'HHmmss

  • If file exists in destination folder: select one of these options:

    • Do nothing

    • Overwrite file

    • Unique name

    • Fail

Advanced Tab

Option Description

Success on

  • Success condition : select one of these option:

    • Success when all works fine

    • Success when at least x files moved (specify x in the limit field below)

    • Success when number of errors lesser than (specify the max number of errors in the limit field below)

Result files name

Add files to result files name : add the target file names to the list of result files of this workflow action for use in the next workflow actions.