Monitor File Contents

A step that allows you to monitor(tail) a file for a token and continue when token appears or fail if not found in allotted time. The step will ignore content that was present before the start of the step.
Table 1. Input properties for the Monitor File Contents step
Name Type Description Required
Directory Offset String A sub-directory of the current working directory where the step should execute. No
File Name String The path to the file relative to the current working directory to monitor. Yes
Regular Expression String A regular expression to match a line in the above file. Yes
Timeout (s) String The time in seconds to wait for the regular expression match. The step will fail If a match is not found in that time. Yes
Fail if found Boolean Check here if you want the step to fail if it finds the regular expression above. In this case the step will not fail after the timeout expires. No

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