PATHMAKE

This activity receives a folder path and a file name and extension and constructs and returns the full file path.

The activity's behavior is subject to the operating environment. For example, it uses or looks for a path delimiter of '\' or '/' according to whether the processing sequence engine is running on a Windows or IBM i server.

INPUT Parameters:

PATHIN: Required

This parameter specifies the folder path - that is the portion of the path left of the file name and extension. It may include a drive name or network location. It may or may not include the terminating folder separator ('\' or '/' according to operating environment). If it does not, the activity will append it.

FILEIN: Optional

This parameter specifies the file name. It may include the file extension, in which case the EXTENSIONIN parameter should not be specified.

Alternatively, you may specify one of the following special values to have the activity generate the file name component for you:

*UNIQUEID generates a file name that is a thirty-two character string consisting entirely of digits 0-9 and characters A-F.  For example: 31EC378D30074175B15212E11ACEAF0C.  (This is equivalent to using the UNIQUEID activity to generate the file name.)

*TIMESTAMP generates a file name using the current (localized) system date and time.  It is generated in ISO format with three decimal positions - except that colons separating hours, minutes and seconds are replaced with spaces to make the name legal on most file systems.  For example: 2015‑10‑23 15 54 17.529.

EXTENSIONIN: Optional

This parameter specifies the file extension, if required. If specified, the activity will append this to the file path. It may or may not include the period (.) separator - if it does not, the activity will add it.

OUTPUT Parameters:

PATHOUT:

Upon completion, this parameter will contain the full file path.