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| = Create File |
| |
| == Description |
| |
| You can use the Create a file action to create an empty file. This is useful for creating "trigger" files from within workflows. |
| |
| == Options |
| |
| [width="90%", options="header"] |
| |=== |
| |Option|Description |
| |Workflow action name|The name of the workflow action. |
| |File name|The name and path of the file to create an empty file. |
| |Fail if file exists|The workflow action will follow the failure outgoing hop when the file to be created already exists (empty or not) and this option is switched on. The default is on. |
| |=== |