Write File

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Field Description

Write as

Field	Description
Write as	Representation type of content in the file you want to write. You can select from the following options: Text Binary 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.
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.

Representation type of content in the file you want to write. You can select from the following options:

Text
Binary

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.

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.

Input

The Input tab displays the following fields:

Field	Description
fileName	The name and path of the file or directory. For example: /opt/tibco/flogo/filename
overwrite	Set this field to `true` to overwrite the existing file with the same name. If the specified file exists and this field is set to `false`, then the activity appends the content to an existing file.
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".