File Change Trigger

Waits for a file or folder under a path to be created, changed, deleted or renamed.

Behaviour

Risk: None · Idempotent: Yes · Safe to retry: Yes · Recovery: Not replayed after a crash

Package System activities VeloPhex.System.Activities 0.7.1-rc.12 · Supported (Core profile) · type id velophex.system.fileChangeTrigger

Properties#

Input#

Path#

Path · String · Required · Default: Not specified in package metadata

The folder to watch.

File Name#

FileName · String · Optional · Default: Not specified in package metadata

Which names to watch, with * and ? wildcards. Empty: every file.

Change Type#

ChangeType · String · Optional · Default: Created

Which changes fire: Created, Deleted, Changed, Renamed, All, or several joined by commas (Created,Renamed).

Allowed values: Created, Deleted, Changed, Renamed, All.

Include Subdirectories#

IncludeSubdirectories · Boolean · Optional · Default: False

Also watch every folder under Path.

Output#

File Path#

FilePath · String · Output

The full path of what changed (the new path of a rename).

Change#

Change · String · Output

Created, Deleted, Changed or Renamed.

Old File Path#

OldFilePath · String · Output

The path before a rename; empty for other changes.

Retry and risk#

This activity is safe to retry: running it again after a transient failure does not repeat a side effect. If a run is interrupted and the outcome of a step is unknown, the step is never retried automatically (what to do). How activities declare this: characteristics, retries and risk.

Every activity also has the engine's common properties: Timeout and Continue On Error.

Generated from VeloPhex.System.Activities 0.7.1-rc.12. Category: Triggers. Keywords: trigger, file, watch, monitor, change, created, deleted, renamed, folder.

Properties

Input

Output

Retry and risk