File Operations (User Management)

File Operations

The File Operations object provides the ability to Copy, Delete, Move and Rename files and folders. File Operations support Local, Mapped and network drive paths as well as a generous portion of operation options.

Settings

File operation

Operation

Select Copy, Move/Rename, Delete or Create Folder from the Operation list to specify the action to execute on the specified files.

Source folder

Specify the folder on which the selected Operation will act upon.

Source file(s)

Specify the files on which the selected Operation will act upon.

Destination folder

For Copy, Move/Rename or Create Folder operations, specify the folder to be used as the destination for the selected Operation.

Destination file(s)

For Copy or Move/Rename operations, specify the file names to be used for the destination of the selected Operation.

Options

Only files

Select this check box to enable extra File Operation options. When enabled, select changed before, changed after, changed between, changed on and older than from the list

• changed before

  Select changed before, for the selected operation to act on all files last modified prior to the specified date.

• changed after

  Select changed after, for the selected operation to act on all files last modified after the specified date.

• changed between

  Select changed between, for the selected operation to act on all files last modified between (and including) the specified dates.

• changed on

  Select changed on, for the selected operation to act on all files last modified on the specified date.

• older than

  Select older than, for the selected operation to act on all files older than the specified number of days.

• last accessed before

  Select last accessed before, for the selected operation to act on all files that were last accessed before the specified date.

• last accessed after

  Select last accessed after, for the selected operation to act on all files that were last accessed after the specified date.

• last accessed between

  Select last accessed between, for the selected operation to act on all files that were last accessed between the specified dates.

• last accessed on

  Select last accessed on, for the selected operation to act on all files that were last accessed on the specified date.

• last accessed more than X days

  Select last accessed more than X days, for the selected operation to act on all files that were last accessed more than the specified number of days ago.

Include subdirectories

Select this check box to include all subdirectories of the Source Folder in the selected Operation. Clear this check box to exclude all Source Folder subdirectories in the selected Operation.

Continue on error

Select this check box to continue performing the selected Operation regardless of any errors that occur during the execution of the action. Clear this check box to stop the selected Operation if an error occurs.

Include hidden/system files

Select this check box to include all hidden and system files in the selected Operation. Clear this check box to ignore all hidden and system files in the selected Operation.

Overwrite read-only files

Select this check box for the selected operation to overwrite or delete read-only files. Clear this check box for the selected operation to ignore all read-only files.

Overwrite existing files

For Copy or Move/Rename operations, select this check box for the operation to overwrite existing files. Clear the check box for the operation to ignore existing files.

Overwrite older files

For Copy or Move/Rename operations, select this check box for the operation to overwrite existing files if the destination file is older than the source file. Clear the check box for the overwrite operation to ignore overwriting destination files that are older than the source files.

Perform copy asynchronously

Select this box to perform the selected operation asynchronously. In asynchronous mode, the File Operations element will execute at the same time as other File Operations elements. If this check box is cleared, applications will run sequentially one after another. Each application must complete before the next one will begin.

Redirect to 32 bit folder on 64 bit operating systems

Select this box to force the operation to copy files to the corresponding 32-bit folder, when performing the operation on 64-bit operating systems.

Wipe disk area to DoD 3 spec

Available for Move/Rename and Delete operations, select this check box to securely remove files/folders from the specified source using the DoD 3 specification.

Show progress bar

Show the progress of the file operation.

Possible File Operations

Validation Logic

Select the Validation Logic tab to set the validation rules for this element.

Notes

Select the Notes tab to create any additional notes needed to document the profile element.

Description

When adding or modifying a profile object element, the description appears above the settings tab. Enter a description to annotate the element. The default value for new profile elements can be changed by going to the system Preferences.