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).
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
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.
After specifying a folder and wildcard (regular expression), use the Add button to add your file/folder selection to the table. Use the Delete or Edit buttons to remove or edit selected lines in the table.
Destination File Tab
In this tab you can specify the destination of the files and/or folders and their new filenames.
Destination 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:
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
Success on
Success condition
Select one of these option:
Success when all works fine (default)
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)
Nr errors lesser than
The number of files moved or the number of errors, depending on the success option above
Result files name
Add files to result files name
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