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.. _howto/operator:FileSensor:

FileSensor
==========

Use the :class:`~airflow.sensors.filesystem.FileSensor` to detect files appearing your local
filesystem. You need to have connection defined to use it (pass connection id via ``fs_conn_id``).
Default connection is ``fs_default``.

.. exampleinclude:: /../../airflow/example_dags/example_sensors.py
    :language: python
    :dedent: 4
    :start-after: [START example_file_sensor]
    :end-before: [END example_file_sensor]