Append File
Append text to a file in the sandbox on a trigger, creating it if it is not there. Emits the file’s path inside the sandbox.
Fired. It runs when an event lands on trigger, and pulls its other inputs at that moment. A data wire never fires it.
Inputs
Section titled “Inputs”| Port | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
trigger |
event | Fires the node |
path |
text | Optional |
content |
text | Optional |
Outputs
Section titled “Outputs”| Port | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
trigger |
event | |
path |
text |
Right-click a knob and pick Convert to input to drive it from a wire.
| Knob | Kind | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
path |
text | empty |
Example
Section titled “Example”Adds content to the end of a file in user/data/files on every fire, and creates the file the first time: a log, a journal, a list of summaries. Append adds nothing between writes, so end the content with a new line of your own.
More in Files
Section titled “More in Files”- Delete File: Delete a file in the sandbox on a trigger.
- List Dir: List the names in a folder of the sandbox, fresh each time a node reads it.
- Read File: Read a file’s text from the sandbox, fresh each time a node reads it.
- Write File: Write text to a file in the sandbox on a trigger, creating its folders.