The operations supported by the file operations adapter include the following types:

• File conversion operation
• File replication operation
• File or folder deletion operation
• File compression operation
• File un-compression operation

The following figure shows the functioning of each operation:

Figure 8-25 Functioning of the file operations adapter

The following is a description of the points 1 to 5 in the figure. The following numbers correspond to the numbers in the figure:

1. The file operations adapter A (file conversion operation) reads the conversion source input file from the work folder (or common folder), and writes the post-conversion output file to the work folder (or common folder).
2. The file operations adapter B (file replication operation) reads the input file from the work folder (or common folder), and replicates the output file in the work folder (or common folder).
3. The file operations adapter C (file or folder deletion operation) deletes the files in the common folder, or the work folder.
4. The file operations adapter D (file compression operation) reads the compression source input file from the work folder (or common folder), and writes the post-compression output file in the work folder (or common folder).
5. The file operations adapter E (file un-compression operation) reads the un-compression source input file from the work folder (or common folder), and writes the output file after un-compression in the work folder (or common folder).

To use the file operations adapter to convert or delete files, you must define a file operations adapter for each operation.

You can also combine and use the file operations adapters of the respective operations.