Property | Description |
|---|---|
Directory | Required. Specify the relative path of the directory to monitor. For example: data/docs The question mark (?) is a prohibited character in this field. |
Recursive | Determines whether the event source looks for files in all the subdirectories of the specified Directory. Use care with this option. For example, if you move processed files into a subdirectory, those files would be monitored again. This could cause unintended results, including a loop that creates a series of nested directories. Note: The connector ignores any directory name that begins with a period (".") character (for example, ".done"). You can use this as a prefix when you want to skip all files in a particular directory. The best practice is to use this method to store processed files in a subdirectory and avoid issues with recursion. |
Include Files | Optional. Enter a regular expression to select files that should be processed. Use a Java-style regular expression. For example, to select only files with the .txt file extension, the regular expression would be similar to: .*\.txt It uses a back slash instead of a forward slash. |
Exclude Files | Optional. Enter a regular expression you can enter to select files that should be excluded. Use a Java-style regular expression. |