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= Delete File

== Description

This workflow action deletes a file (empty or not).

== Options

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|Option|Description
|Workflow action name|The name of the workflow action.
|File name|The name and path of the file to delete.
|Fail if file doesn't exist|The workflow action will follow the failure outgoing hop when the file to be deleted does not exist anymore and this option is switched on. The default is off. 
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