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## CreateFiles

# Jobflow Component

Short Description
Ports
Metadata
CreateFiles Attributes
Details
Examples
See also

### Short Description

CreateFiles can create files and directories. It is also capable of setting the modification date of both existing and newly created files and directories. Optionally, non-existing parent directories may also be created.

| Note
To be able to use this component, you need a separate jobflow license.

Component | Inputs | Outputs | Auto-propagated metadata
--- | --- | --- | ---
CreateFiles | 0-1 | 0-2 |

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### Ports

Port type | Number | Required | Description | Metadata
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Input | 0 |  | Input data records to be mapped to component attributes. | Any
Output | 0 |  | Results | Any
1 |  | Errors | Any

### Metadata

CreateFiles does not propagate metadata from left to right or from right to left.

This component has metadata template available. The templates of CreateFiles are described in Details. See details on Metadata Templates.

### CreateFiles Attributes

Attribute | Req | Description | Possible values
--- | --- | --- | ---
Basic
File URL | yes [1] | Path to the file or directory to be created (see Supported URL Formats for File Operations). If it ends with a slash ('/'), it denotes that a directory should be created, which can also be specified using the Create as directory attribute. |
Create as directory | no | Specifies that directories should be created instead of regular files. | false (default) | true
Create parent directories | no | Attempt to create non-existing parent directories. | false (default) | true
Last modified date | no | Set the last modified date of existing and newly created files to the specified value. Format of the date is defined in the DEFAULT_DATETIME_FORMAT property (Chapter 18, Engine Configuration). |
Input mapping | [2] | Defines mapping of input records to the component attributes. |
Output mapping | [2] | Defines mapping of results to the standard output port. |
Error mapping | [2] | Defines mapping of errors to the error output port. |
Redirect error output | no | If enabled, errors will be sent to the standard output port instead of the error port. | false (default) | true
Verbose output | no | If enabled, one input record may cause multiple records to be sent to the output (e.g. as a result of wildcard expansion). Otherwise, each input record will yield just one cumulative output record. | false (default) | true
Advanced
Stop processing on fail | no | By default, a failure causes the component to skip all subsequent input records and send the information about skipped input records to the error output port. This behavior can be turned off by this attribute. | true (default) | false
[1] The attribute is required, unless specified in the Input mapping. [2] Required if the corresponding edge is connected.

### Details

Editing any of the Input, Output or Error mapping opens the Transform Editor.

##### Input mapping

The editor allows you to override selected attributes of the component with the values of the input fields.

Field Name | Attribute | Type | Possible values
--- | --- | --- | ---
fileURL | File URL | string |
directory | Create as directory | boolean | true | false
makeParentDirs | Create parent directories | boolean | true | false
modifiedDate | Last modified date | date |

##### Output mapping

The editor allows you to map the results and the input data to the output port.

If Output mapping is empty, fields of the input record and result record are mapped to the output by name.

Field Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
fileURL | string | URL of the target file or directory.
result | boolean | True if the operation has succeeded (can be false when Redirect error output is enabled).
errorMessage | string | If the operation has failed, the field contains the error message (used when Redirect error output is enabled).
stackTrace | string | If the operation has failed, the field contains the stack trace of the error (used when Redirect error output is enabled).

##### Error mapping

The editor allows you to map the errors and the input data to the error port.

If Error mapping is empty, fields of the input record and result record are mapped to the output by name.

Field Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
result | boolean | Will always be set to false.
errorMessage | string | The error message.
stackTrace | string | The stack trace of the error.
fileURL | string | URL of the target file or directory.

### Examples

#### Touching the File with CreateFiles

Create file `touch_me.txt`. If the file exists, update the last modification time.

##### Solution

Use attributes .

Attribute | Value
--- | ---
File URL | ${DATATMP_DIR}/touch_me.txt
Input mapping | See the code below

    function integer transform() {
     	$out.0.modifiedDate = today();

     	return ALL;
    }

You can optionally set Create parent directories to true.

### See also

DeleteFiles
Common Properties of Components
Specific Attribute Types
Common Properties of File Operations
File Operations Comparison

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