In this chapter, we will cover:
On many occasions, the development of Kettle jobs and transformations involves manipulation of files, such as reading or writing a file along with other manipulations. Look at this sample scenario, where you have to:
In this situation besides reading and writing files, you also have to transfer, rename, and move them.
Copying, moving, deleting, and transferring files, list of files or directories are tasks not only needed for these situations, but in everyday life. It's common to have lot of files, which need to be organized in several ways, and for different purposes.
Kettle has a rich set of steps and job entries for doing this. However, you might get lost or frustrated trying to pick and then configure the option that suits your needs. The recipes in this chapter should help you with that task.