Automagic Forum

Hello folks,

I am new to world of Android programming and I am having some trouble figuring out how to get Automagic to do two tasks:

• I would like to be able to tell if a particular file exists
• I would like to be able to delete a particular file

The context for this is I have a flow that automatically stops my Gleeo time tracking when I disconnect from the WiFi at work. I would like to add the ability to export that day's activity from Gleeo, and when I arrive at work the next morning, have that file automatically (sorry, automagically) e-mailed to me (so I can transfer the information into the time tracker used by the company), and then delete it. I just don't see how to tell if the file is there, and how to delete it after e-mailing it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi,

There are different ways to do this:
-condition Expression: existsFile("/storage/emulated/0/file.csv")
-->true: -action Delete Files: /storage/emulated/0/file.csv

or

-action Init Variables File Info: /storage/emulated/0/file.csv, activate the file_exists check box
-condition Expression: file_exists
-->true: -action Delete Files: /storage/emulated/0/file.csv

or

You could also try to delete the file and handle the exception if it does not exist:
-action Delete Files: /storage/emulated/0/file.csv
--Exception--> -action Notification on Screen: Failed to delete file, probably does not exist

You can create the exception-connection by adding a second action with the (+)-icon as usual, then select the connection, press the edit-icon and switch the type of the connection to Exception. Automagic will only execute the second action when the first one was not successful.

Regards,
Martin

Thank you, Martin.

That was exactly what I was looking for. I used the first two examples you gave, and now I get yesterday's information e-mailed to me as soon as I get to work in the morning.

Thanks again.