IP Designer Series – File Access Node

The FileAccess node can be used for file manipulation on local and remote servers. If you are manipulating files on a remote server, you can access them via UNC share, or you can create a new configuration set that connects to the file server.

• Configuration name
  • default is system (Landmark)
• Execution mode
  • Read from file
    • This can be used with a data iterator
    • Pass the output data (line) of the file to the iterator
  • Write to file
    • Creates the file and then writes to it
  • Append to file
    • Appends to an existing file
  • Check file exists
    • Returns an error that can be trapped if it doesn’t exist
  • Delete file
  • List files