Question on tCreateTemporayFile

[Sanjay5]

Hi,

I wanted to know if we can control the name of the while using tCreateTemporaryFile component:

I want to create a file with name "TEST.txt"

This component always adds ".tmp" as extention by default.

Is there a way to stop adding ".tmp" as extention.

I already tried keeping spaces in "Suffix" field, and it still adds ".tmp" in the file. (See attached"

[cterenzi]

Just curious... why do you want to do this?

[Evandao]

Hi,

I've tested the component and to change the extension of the temporary file, just put the extension in the suffix field.

See attached image.

Hugs, Evando

[Sanjay5]

Thanks for the response,

I am able to change the extension using suffix field in the component, If I keep the suffix field empty, It adds ".tmp" by default which is what I don't want.

If should just create "MyName" as per below example, but what it does is, It creates a file "MyName.tmp"

[Evandao]

 Hi,

From what I understand, you need the temporary file to be generated without extension.

By default the component is prepared to use the ".tmp" extension when the parameter is not passed.

I did a test and put as a parameter a blank and the file was generated without any extension.

I believe that is what you need. Right ?

Thank you, Evando

[Sanjay5]

Thanks for your help,

Actually, What I was expecting is that component should not add ".tmp" as extension if suffix is kept blank.

In this case file name should be "MyName" instead of "MyName.tmp"

[Evandao · Accepted solution]

Hi,

  In my last answer it was not clear that if the character space is passed in the "Suffix" field, the component generates the file without the extension "tmp". See the pictures:. 

[Sanjay5]

Hi,

It was working fine until i was running my job in windows but it is not working in Linux.

here is the explanation on the same:

Windows specifically does not accept filenames that end with a dot (.) or a space (" ").
You can even try it right now in your Windows UI/File explorer. If you try to rename a file with a dot or a space at the end, it will throw a warning asking you if you want to follow through with change and then promptly change the filename to a state without the dot or the space.

So when the job runs on Windows, the component/job server changes the filename to end with a dot and a space per the (" ") suffix, but then Windows promptly changes it back. Hence why you see filenames that look like they've been copied from the FTP.

Conclusion:

This trick is not really creating the file with exact same name.

Is there any other way, I can resolve the issue?