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Get File Information

Automation Workshop includes the Get File Information Action that collects information about a file, such as a size, attributes, and owner. This information is then stored as dynamic Variable Wizard values that can be used by any following Action in the Task.

Features & highlights

  • Retrieve important information on a specified file (or folder).
  • Retrieve a file size (in bytes), and store it as an integer or formatted number with thousands separators.
  • Read all file attributes either in the one-letter short form or as a list of full attribute names.
  • Bulk scan files ownership and take actions using if–else logic.

Documentation

  • File · Provide the file whose information to read.
  • Options · Set the Action state and custom display name, define automated error workarounds, and enable an option to log only critical errors.

Interconnect

  • Dynamic variables & Events of the Get File Information.
  • Variable Wizard and dynamic values of all the File & Folder Actions for local and network drives, and remote FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, and DigitalOcean Spaces servers.
  • Information on files that are located on the remote servers can be obtained using the Remote File Information Action.
  • Streamline automation processes by connecting Triggers and Actions using Variable Wizard.

Discover

Automation Workshop includes many more awesome Triggers and numerous Actions to aid you to automate any repetitive computer or business task by providing state-of-the-art GUI tools.

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