Contents Now Platform Capabilities Previous Topic Next Topic Files Compare activity Subscribe Log in to subscribe to topics and get notified when content changes. ... SAVE AS PDF Selected Topic Topic & Subtopics All Topics in Contents Share Files Compare activity The Files Compare activity compares two files on a Linux or UNIX computer. This activity replaces an SSH activity by the same name available in releases prior to Geneva. If you have a workflow created in a previous version that uses the deprecated activity, your workflow will continue to work normally after upgrading to Geneva. However, all new workflows must use the custom version of this activity. This activity was built with the SSH activity designer template, which gives workflow administrators the ability to store input and output variables in the databus. To access this activity in the Workflow Editor, select the Custom tab, and then navigate to Custom Activities > Global > Orchestration - SSH. Input variables Table 1. Files Compare input variables Input variable Description Hostname Hostname or IP address of the destination server for SSH activity. Directory Name of the working directory. OldFile Name of the first file to compare. NewFile Name of the second file to compare. Output variables Table 2. Files Compare output variables Output variable Description contents File comparison result. This is the difference of the two compared files. result Either success or failure. return-code Either 0, if the two files are the same, or 1, if the two files are different. errorMessage The executionResult.errorMessages from the Activity designer parsing sources. Conditions Table 3. Files Compare conditions Condition Description Success Activity successfully compared the specified files. Failure Activity could not complare the specified files. On this page Send Feedback Previous Topic Next Topic
Files Compare activity The Files Compare activity compares two files on a Linux or UNIX computer. This activity replaces an SSH activity by the same name available in releases prior to Geneva. If you have a workflow created in a previous version that uses the deprecated activity, your workflow will continue to work normally after upgrading to Geneva. However, all new workflows must use the custom version of this activity. This activity was built with the SSH activity designer template, which gives workflow administrators the ability to store input and output variables in the databus. To access this activity in the Workflow Editor, select the Custom tab, and then navigate to Custom Activities > Global > Orchestration - SSH. Input variables Table 1. Files Compare input variables Input variable Description Hostname Hostname or IP address of the destination server for SSH activity. Directory Name of the working directory. OldFile Name of the first file to compare. NewFile Name of the second file to compare. Output variables Table 2. Files Compare output variables Output variable Description contents File comparison result. This is the difference of the two compared files. result Either success or failure. return-code Either 0, if the two files are the same, or 1, if the two files are different. errorMessage The executionResult.errorMessages from the Activity designer parsing sources. Conditions Table 3. Files Compare conditions Condition Description Success Activity successfully compared the specified files. Failure Activity could not complare the specified files.
Files Compare activity The Files Compare activity compares two files on a Linux or UNIX computer. This activity replaces an SSH activity by the same name available in releases prior to Geneva. If you have a workflow created in a previous version that uses the deprecated activity, your workflow will continue to work normally after upgrading to Geneva. However, all new workflows must use the custom version of this activity. This activity was built with the SSH activity designer template, which gives workflow administrators the ability to store input and output variables in the databus. To access this activity in the Workflow Editor, select the Custom tab, and then navigate to Custom Activities > Global > Orchestration - SSH. Input variables Table 1. Files Compare input variables Input variable Description Hostname Hostname or IP address of the destination server for SSH activity. Directory Name of the working directory. OldFile Name of the first file to compare. NewFile Name of the second file to compare. Output variables Table 2. Files Compare output variables Output variable Description contents File comparison result. This is the difference of the two compared files. result Either success or failure. return-code Either 0, if the two files are the same, or 1, if the two files are different. errorMessage The executionResult.errorMessages from the Activity designer parsing sources. Conditions Table 3. Files Compare conditions Condition Description Success Activity successfully compared the specified files. Failure Activity could not complare the specified files.
