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= Check Files Locked
== Description
This workflow action goes over a list of files to see that if they are locked by another process.
The way that it verified is by renaming a file to the same name as before.
On certain operating systems (MS Windows systems in particular) this operation will fail if the file is locked.
== Options
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|Option|Description
|Workflow action name|The name of the workflow action. *Note*: This name has to be unique in a single workflow. A workflow action can be placed several times on the canvas, however it will be the same workflow action.
|Settings: Include subfolders|Enable this option to also check files in subfolders of specified folders
|Settings: Copy previous results to args? |Pass the result rows of a previous workflow action execution to the files list of this action.
|Files/Folders |Here you can list a series of files or folders with wildcards. |The wildcards are Java Regular expressions. For instance .*\.txt would check any file with a .txt extension.
|Please note that you can use the Delete/Edit buttons to edit the list.
You can also use the File/Folder and Wildcard actions right above the list to add new actions, browse for files and so on
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