Write File

Description

This node writes plain text content to a file.

Properties

• File : Click to open the windows explorer window to select your file.
  Default : Empty

• Write mode : Choose between Overwrite and Append.
  Default : Overwrite

• Use timestamp : Choose to add timestamps to the file names. Creates a new file every time the node is triggered.
  Default : OFF

*Note : If Use timestamp is selected, a new file will be created with the timestamp every time the node is triggered, regardless of whether the Write mode is set to Overwrite or Append.
If Use timestamp is not selected, Write mode Overwrite will overwrite the file with the new content while Write mode Append will add a new line every time the node is triggered.

Inputs

Outputs

This node has no outputs.

Example

In these examples the test_file.txt file is located in the Project folder. We have set the Write File node to point to this file.

Overwrite mode

Append mode