Move Files
Description
The Move files
action moves a number of files and/or folders to alternate locations on your file system.
This also works 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).
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File source: ftp://username:password@ftpserver/dir/testfile_partly.txt
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File destination: ftp://username:password@ftpserver/dir/testfile.txt
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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 |
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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. |
Destination File Tab
In this tab you can specify the destination of the files and/or folders and their new filenames.
Option | Description |
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Desitnation file | |
Create destination folder | Use this option to create the destination folder |
Destination is a file | Check this option if you want to move files |
Do not keep folder structure | flatten the sub-folder structure if any sub-folders are used |
Add date to destination filename | Add a date to the destination filename (yyyyMMdd or 20091231) |
Add time to destination filename | Add a time to the 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 | Add the data part before the file extension. |
If destination file exists | Select one of these options:
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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:
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Advanced Tab
Option | Description |
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Success on | |
Success condition | Select one of these option:
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Nr errors lesser than | The number of files moved or the number of errors, depending on the success option above |
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. |