removing a file from a task

Is there a way to remove a file from a task. For instance if a file matches a certain vpath, remove it from the task??

Thanks..

Lucas Cochrane
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Migrateduser

In an externaltask you could use iwrmtaskfile.

Jeremy

There is also a function in WFtask.pm similar to the $task->AddFile(<file path from templatedata>).
It is $task->RemoveFile(<file path from templatedata>).
Thats probably what you are looking for.

Migrateduser

My problems with the Perl modules is that they just call the CLTs - I have better control if I call the CLTs directly. Plus I can write the ExternalTask in whatever language I want (Java in this case). I know I could use OpenAPI but for most things it requires a username and password and that are not really relevant in an ExternalTask process.

My basic advice is to always use the CLTs directly.

Migrateduser

I think it's all relative. For most cases, using the modules is as good a way to go as using direct CLT calls. For something like this example, I don't see any advantage of using a direct CLT call if all you want to do is delete a file from the job. I'm sure there are some CLTs that offer greater flexibility or don't even have an associated method in any of the modules. In this case, it probably is fine either way.

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