errand-component-file

#errand-component-file

errand task for working with files

errand-component-file is an errand component that is used to work with files

##Usage:

Example of how to use errand-component-file in errand task list follows.

{
  "tasks":
    [
      {
        "description": "task to append some data to a file",
        "task": "errand-component-file",
        "parameters":
          {
            "method": "append",
            "filename": "some.json",
            "data": {"foo": "bar"},
            "newline": true

          }
      }
    ]
}

Where:

• description desribes task
• task is the name of task
• parameters.method instruction for task, options:
  • append append [data] to [filename] - note if [filename] does not exist it will be created
  • create create [filename] then append [data] - note if [filename] exists it will be overwritten
• parameters.filename is the name of the file to apply [method] to
• parameters.data contains data for file operation
• parameters.newline if true append newline to [data]