Operation: Append File | X4Documentation

The Append File operation appends the data from the previous process step to the destination file specified in parameter path.

Examples

The following example shows a sample parameterization of the adapter for the Append File operation to append the data from the previous process step to the destination file defined in path parameter.

Parameters	Value
`path`	/MyFolder/File.xml
`addNewline`	`Auto`

Target file

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Cars>
	<Car>
		<Brand>Audi</Brand>
		<Country>Germany</Country>
	</Car>
</Cars>

Input

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Cars>
	<Car>
		<Brand>BMW</Brand>
		<Country>Germany</Country>
	</Car>
	<Car>
		<Brand>Hyundai</Brand>
		<Country>South Korea</Country>
	</Car>
</Cars>

Output

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Cars>
	<Car>
		<Brand>Audi</Brand>
		<Country>Germany</Country>
	</Car>
</Cars>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Cars>
	<Car>
		<Brand>BMW</Brand>
		<Country>Germany</Country>
	</Car>
	<Car>
		<Brand>Hyundai</Brand>
		<Country>South Korea</Country>
	</Car>
</Cars>

The output is not a valid XML file. The output must be transformed into a valid XML file using a mapping.