fileDirectory 

Defines the directory path in the file system to read from or write to. 

Defines the directory path in the file system to read from or write to. If the relativePath property is false, then fileDirectory represents an absolute path.

If relativePath property is true, then fileDirectory represents a path relative to the path specified in the pathRelativeTo property.

Required 

/home/joe/data 

relativePath 

Specifies whether the directory specified in the fileDirectory property is a relative path.

Optional 

true 

pathRelativeTo 

Defines the base directory for the directory defined by fileDirectory.

Select one of the three possible values:  

• User Home (The home directory of the user)

• Current Working Directory

• Default System Temp Dir

Optional 

User Home 

lockName 

Specifies the lock file name which is created under the target directory specified by fileDirectory.

Inbound readers use the lock to synchronize their concurrent access to the target directory. 

Optional 

filebc.lck 

seqName 

Specifies the name of the file where the current value of the persistence backed sequence number is stored.  

The file resides in the target directory specified by fileDirectory.

Optional 

filebc.seq 

workArea 

Specifies the temp directory name where UUID tagged input files wait to be further processed.  

It is a functioning “staging area” for inbound processing, and is relative to the target directory specified by fileDirectory.

Optional 

filebc_tmp 

recursive 

Specifies whether inbound polling or on demand read searches the subdirectories of the base directory specified by fileDirectory,

Optional 

false 

recursiveExclude 

When recursive is true, specifies, as a regular expression, subdirectories and files to exclude from processing when performing inbound polling or on demand reads.

Optional 

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