Create Temp Dir (Labs)

Creates a temporary directory upon execute and exposes its path as flow variable. This can be useful in (a) demo applications where the actual path of the output is not all that relevant, e.g. the KNIME public workflow server and (b) KNIME WebPortal and quickform flows, where some data is written, which is later downloaded by means of, e.g. a web link. The directory is deleted upon closing the workflow. The node can be also configured in a way that the created temporary directory is deleted upon reset.
Note: By default the temporary directory is created directly in the workflow data area, as defined by “.“ in the Folder field

Options

Write to

Select a file system in which you want to create the temporary directory. There are three default file system options to choose from:

• Local File System: Allows you to select a folder on your local system.
• Mountpoint: Allows you to read from a mountpoint. When selected, a new drop-down menu appears to choose the mountpoint. Unconnected mountpoints are greyed out but can still be selected (note that browsing is disabled in this case). Go to the KNIME Explorer and connect to the mountpoint to enable browsing. A mountpoint is displayed in red if it was previously selected but is no longer available. You won't be able to save the dialog as long as you don't select a valid i.e. known mountpoint.
• Relative to: Allows you to choose whether to resolve the path relative to the current mountpoint, current workflow or the current workflow's data area. When selected a new drop-down menu appears to choose which of the three options to use.

It is possible to use other file systems with this node. Therefore, you have to enable the file system connection input port of this node by clicking the ... in the bottom left corner of the node's icon and choose Add File System Connection port .
Afterwards, you can simply connect the desired connector node to this node. The file system connection will then be shown in the drop-down menu. It is greyed out if the file system is not connected in which case you have to (re)execute the connector node first. Note: The default file systems listed above can't be selected if a file system is provided via the input port.

Folder

Enter a valid location where the temporary directory will be created at. The required syntax of a path depends on the chosen file system, such as "C:\path\to\file" (Local File System on Windows) or "/path/to/file" (Local File System on Linux/MacOS and Mountpoint). For file systems connected via input port, the node description of the respective connector node describes the required path format. You can also choose a previously selected folder from the drop-down list, or select a location from the "Browse..." dialog. Note that browsing is disabled in some cases:

• Mountpoint: Browsing is disabled if the selected mountpoint isn't connected. Go to the KNIME Explorer and connect to the mountpoint to enable browsing.
• File systems provided via input port: Browsing is disabled if the connector node hasn't been executed since the workflow has been opened. (Re)execute the connector node to enable browsing.

Create missing folders

Select if the folders of the selected output location should be created if they do not already exist. If this option is unchecked, the node will fail if a folder does not exist.

Delete temp directory on reset

Check this box to delete the directory and all its content when the node is reset.

Temp directory prefix

Name prefix of the temporary directory. It will be amended by some random number to ensure uniqueness.

Export path as (variable name)

The name of the exported variable denoting the actual path of the created temporary directory.

More path variables

A list of additional variables that will be created by the node. Each variable will denote a path to a file (as opposed to a directory path), whereby the file name is given in the second (Filename) column

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