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File System Trigger

Description​

Use the file system trigger activity to set and monitor file actions such as creation, modification, deletion, or renaming of files. Add the sequence of activities in the Body of Trigger Context to perform actions when a specific file event(s) occurs inside the monitored folder.

note

This Activity works only inside a Trigger Context activity.

Properties​

Input​

  • Events To Monitor – Select the event(s) to monitor and fire the trigger to perform actions in the Body of the context.
  • Folder To Monitor – Specify the folder to monitor for a selected file event(s).

Misc​

  • DisplayName – Add a display name of the Activity.
  • Private – If selected, the variables and argument values will no longer be logged at the Verbose level.

Optional​

Filter – Specify the file types in the wildcard filter to trigger based only on certain file types.

  • Include Subfolder - Specify the boolean value as true to monitor all the nested folders under the input folder. It is set to false by default and monitors only the top-level folder.

Event Arguments​

Returns back FSEventArgs.