Create Directory#
When activated, the create directory task creates a new directory. The directory path can be provided either by the input port or in the task settings.
Inputs#
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| path | String | Directory path |
| attempts | Integer | Number of attempts to perform this operation. Default is 1 attempt |
| sleepBetweenAttempts | Integer | Interval of time between the attempts. Default is 1000ms |
| Activate | any | Activate the task |
Outputs#
| Name | Data Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Success | Boolean | Triggered when the task is executed with success |
| Error | Error | Triggered when the task failed for some reason |
Settings#
On the General tab, you have the usual settings and the following settings:
| Name | Data Type | Values | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directory path | String | Directory path | ||
| Number of attempts | Integer | 1 | Number of attempts to perform this operation. | |
| Sleep between attempts | Integer | 1000 | Interval of time between the attempts. |
For the Directory path you can use tokens as represented below:
Available tokens:
${path} - Watched path
${archive} - Archive path
${temp} - Temporary directory of the user
${id} - DriverId ("\" chars replaced with "_")
Examples:
${path}\subdir
${temp}\files\${id}\Error
c:\source\Processed
Behavior#
In this task you choose a driver when dropping it into the workflow (if you have more than one driver associated with the controller).
Upon activation, will send a CreateDirectory command to the driver where it will try to create a new directory in the path location. If it fails, will retry attempts times, waiting sleepBetweenAttemptsmilliseconds each time.
When the operation is executed with success, both Success and result outputs emit their respective values. In case of the task , for some reason, is not able perform the operation, an Error is emitted.
Remarks#
This task will return success if the directory to create already exists.

