Test File System Connector

This node does two things:

• It initiates a connection to a file system.
• it (optionally) copies some local files ("fixture files") to the file system.

The file system is configured by the fs-test.properties file, which can be supplied in two ways:

• By putting it into the root of your KNIME workspace.
• By setting an environment variable called "KNIME_FS_TEST_PROPERTIES", which specifies the path to the file.

The file system will have a working directory that is created ad-hoc with a unique, randomized name. The working directory and its contents will be recursively deleted when this node is reset or the containing KNIME workflow is closed.

The fixtures files are copied from a local directory, which is also specified in the fs-test.properties file. The contents of the local fixture directory will be recursively copied to a folder called "fixtures" directly below the working directory of the file system.

The purpose of this node is to allow execution of the same testflow for a variety of different file systems.