You open the Amazon S3 forwarding agent configuration dialog from a workflow configuration by either right-clicking the agent icon and select Configuration..., or double-clicking the agent icon.
Amazon S3 forwarding agent configuration dialog - Amazon S3 tab
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
Profile | Select the File System profile you want the agent to use, see 8.11 File System Profile for further information about this profile. |
Input Type | The agent can act on two input types. Depending on which one the agent is configured to work with, the behavior will differ. The default input type is bytearray, that is the agent expects bytearrays. If nothing else is stated the documentation refer to input of bytearray. If the input type is |
Directory | Absolute pathname of the target directory on the location stated in the referenced File System profile, where the forwarded files will be stored. The files will be temporarily stored in the automatically created subdirectory |
Create Directory | Select this setting to create the directory, or the directory structure, of the path that you specify in the Directory field. Note! The directories are created when the workflow is executed. |
Compression | Compression type of the target files. Determines if the agent will compress the files or not. - No Compression - agent does not compress the files. Default setting. - Gzip - agent compresses the files using gzip. Note! No extra extension will be appended to the target filenames, even if compression is selected. The configuration of the filenames is managed in the Filename Template tab only. |
Command | If a UNIX command is supplied, it will be executed on each successfully closed temporary file, using the parameter values declared in the Arguments field. Note! At this point the temporary file is created and closed, however the final filename has not yet been created. The entered command has to exist in the |
Arguments | This field is optional. Each entered parameter value has to be separated from the preceding value with a space. The temporary filename is inserted as the second last parameter, and the final filename is inserted as the last parameter, automatically. This means that if, for instance, no parameter is given in the field, the arguments will be as follows:
If three parameters are given in the field Arguments, the arguments are set as:
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Produce Empty Files | If enabled, files will be produced although containing no data. |
Filename Template Tab
For a detailed description of the Filename Template tab, see Filename Template Tab in 3.1.6 Workflow Template.