# File Operations

### Check if file exists

Checks if a remote file exists.

| Parameter   | Description    |
| ----------- | -------------- |
| Remote path | Path to check. |

**Output**: Simple value,*True* if file exists. *False* otherwise.

**Since**: 6.3

#### Delete file <a href="#delete-file" id="delete-file"></a>

### Delete a remote file.

| Parameter   | Description             |
| ----------- | ----------------------- |
| Remote path | Path to file to delete. |

**Output**: No output.

**Since**: 6.3

#### Delete files <a href="#delete-files" id="delete-files"></a>

Delete multiple remote files based on mask.

| Parameter      | Description                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Remote path    | Path where to delete files.                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Mask           | Mask used to filter which files to download. Example *\*.txt*. Regular expressions can also be used by prefixing with *regex:*, example regex:\[A\|B].\* to list all files starting with *A* or *B*. |
| Case sensitive | Specifies if mask is case sensitive (not applicable if regex is used).                                                                                                                               |
| Recursive      | Specifies whether to delete files recursivly.                                                                                                                                                        |

**Output**: No output.

**Since**: 6.3

### Get size of file

Gets the size, in bytes, of remote file.

| Parameter   | Description       |
| ----------- | ----------------- |
| Remote path | File of interest. |

**Output**: Simple value, numeric.

**Since**: 6.3

### Rename file

Renames a remote file.

| Parameter | Description           |
| --------- | --------------------- |
| Old path  | Current name of file. |
| New path  | New name of file.     |

**Output**: No output.

**Since**: 6.3

### Get file time

Get a remote file time.

| Parameter | Description       |
| --------- | ----------------- |
| Path      | File of interest. |

**Output**: Simple value, Date.

**Since**: 6.3

### Set file time

Changes a remote file time.

| Parameter | Description            |
| --------- | ---------------------- |
| Path      | File of interest.      |
| New time  | New time for the file. |

**Output**: No output.

**Since**: 6.3

### Get list of files

Get list of files in a directory.

| Parameter   | Description   |
| ----------- | ------------- |
| Remote path | Path to list. |

**Output**: A table consisting of records with the following structure:

| Member | Description                      |
| ------ | -------------------------------- |
| Name   | The name of the file.            |
| Size   | The size, in bytes, of the item. |

**Since**: 6.3


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