Retrieving Directory Information

This page explains the Filesystem Adapter in Bridge context. If you were looking for the same information regarding the PAS Designer, refer to Filesystem Adapter in the Designer guide.

Parameters of Action "status" on a Directory

You need to define all of the following output objects with exactly the same names.

Name	Type	Direction	Description
name	String	in	Fully qualified file name of the file/directory you want to read, including the path. When using the Windows style with backward slashes "\" you have to be aware that you have escape this character. The escape character is also the "\". To avoid this, use forward slashes with Windows as well.
type	String	out	Type of accessed element (File or Directory).
size	Integer	out	Size of the file in Bytes. size is meaningless for directories, as it is not the combined size of all contained files and subfolders, but rather some constant defined by the operating system (e.g. 0 or 4096).
accessTime	DateTime	out	Timestamp when the file/directory was accessed for the last time.
creationTime	DateTime	out	Timestamp when the file/directory was created.
modificationTime	DateTime	out	Timestamp when the file/directory was modified for the last time.

Defining a "status" Action on a Directory

To retrieve information about a directory with the file system adapter, you need to define a status action on an action having the stereotype <<FileSystemAdapter>>. You can do this manually (refer to Figure: The Specification Dialog of the File System Adapter) or with the help of the Action Wizard (see context menu of the action node).

The principle is the same as retrieving file information (refer to Retrieving File Information).

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