File Copy Writer Parameters

Source Parameters

These options are available on the input files:

  • Copy – Copies the source to the destination.
  • Move – Moves the source to the destination.
  • Delete – Deletes the source.

If the source file location is a folder, this parameter controls whether the folder name is included when copying:

  • No (default) – Copy only the contents of the source folder to the destination folder.
  • Yes – Copy the folder name in addition to the contents.
Note  This parameter has no effect when Delete is selected in File Operation.

If the source file location is a folder, this parameter controls whether to also copy any subfolders and their contents to the destination folder.

Note  This parameter has no effect when Delete is selected in File Operation.

Specifies whether the writer should stop the translation with an error if the specified source file or folder is not found.

When set to No and the source file/folder does not exist, FME logs a warning to the log file and proceeds.

Destination Parameters

Specifies whether the writer should automatically replace files in the destination folder if they already exist.

Note  Any file naming conflicts can be resolved through this parameter, which directs the writer to overwrite the files in the output folder if name collisions occur. If the source location provided is a folder, subfolders and their contents may be optionally copied to the destination location as well.

Specifies whether the writer should create subfolders relative to the writer destination dataset folder using the feature type name (for example, (subfolder)). The default value is Yes.

Created nested folders using forward slashes (mysubfolder/mysubsubfolder) or escaped backslashes (mysubfolder\\mysubsubfolder).

This option is compatible with feature type fanout.

When set to No, output files will be placed directly in the writer destination dataset folder.

If the file cannot be copied for any reason:

  • Yes – FME will log an error message to the log file and terminate the translation.
  • No (default) – FME will log a warning message to the log file, and the translation will continue.

FME Flow Parameters

Note  This parameter is only valid for users who are authoring for FME Flow's streaming service, and would like to be able to create HTML files on the fly for streaming into the browser (as opposed to streaming plain text back to the browser).

By adjusting this setting, the user is communicating to, and storing in the workspace, information on how the text file will be streamed back if it is used in the streaming service.

The valid values for this parameter include all valid MIME types. Several common types are listed and others can be entered as text strings.