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aspanda
New Contributor II
8 years ago

File Poller : checking file and deciding which way to go

I am trying to use file Poller to extract the path of the file then i am using a router to check the path variable that ensures the availability of file. So i am putting two checks : one check (‘path...
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tstack
Former Employee
8 years ago

I think the FilePoller is intended for cases where a file is expected to be created in a directory and then an action performed on that file when it appears. Are you wanting the FilePoller to produce a document when the poll is done and the file is not there? I don’t think that is supported at the moment. You could use a Script snap that periodically produces a document and then use a regular FileReader to check if the file is there. If the file is missing, the FileReader will write to the error view.