tFileCopy – Docs for ESB 5.x

Component family

File/Management

Function

This component copies a source file or folder into a target
directory.

Purpose

This component helps to streamline processes by automating
recurrent and tedious copy tasks.

Basic settings

File Name

Specify the path to the file to be copied.

This field does not appear when the Copy a
directory check box is selected.

Copy a directory

Select this check box to copy a directory including all
subdirectories and files in it.

Source directory

Specify the source directory to copy.

This field appears only when the Copy a
directory check box is selected.

Destination directory

Specify the directory to copy the source file or directory
to.

Rename

Select this check box if you want to rename the file copied to the
destination.

This field does not appear when the Copy a
directory check box is selected.

Destination filename

Specify a new name for the file to be copied.

This field appears only when the Rename check box is selected.

Remove source file

Select this check box to remove the source file after it is copied
to the destination directory.

This field does not appear when the Copy a
directory check box is selected.

Replace existing file

Select this check box to overwrite any existing file with the
newly copied file.

This field does not appear when the Copy a
directory check box is selected.

Create the directory if it doesn’t exist

Select this check box to create the specified destination
directory if it does not exist.

This field does not appear when the Copy a
directory check box is selected.

Advanced settings

tStatCatcher Statistics

Select this check box to gather the Job processing metadata at a
Job level as well as at each component level.

Usage

This component can be used as a standalone component.

Global Variables

DESTINATION_FILENAME: the destination file name. This is
an After variable and it returns a string.

DESTINATION_FILEPATH: the destination file path. This is
an After variable and it returns a string.

SOURCE_DIRECTORY: the source directory. This is an After
variable and it returns a string.

DESTINATION_DIRECTORY: the destination directory. This is
an After variable and it returns a string.

ERROR_MESSAGE: the error message generated by the
component when an error occurs. This is an After variable and it returns a string. This
variable functions only if the Die on error check box is
cleared, if the component has this check box.

A Flow variable functions during the execution of a component while an After variable
functions after the execution of the component.

To fill up a field or expression with a variable, press Ctrl +
Space to access the variable list and choose the variable to use from it.

For further information about variables, see Talend Studio
User Guide.

Connections

Outgoing links (from this component to another):

Row: Main.

Trigger: On Subjob Ok; On Subjob
Error; Run if; On Component Ok; On Component Error.

Incoming links (from one component to this one):

Row: Main; Reject; Iterate.

Trigger: Run if; On Subjob Ok; On
Subjob Error; On component Ok; On Component Error; Synchronize;
Parallelize.

For further information regarding connections, see
Talend Studio
User Guide.

Log4j

The activity of this component can be logged using the log4j feature. For more information on this feature, see Talend Studio User
Guide.

For more information on the log4j logging levels, see the Apache documentation at http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/apidocs/org/apache/log4j/Level.html.

Limitation

n/a