This node does two things:
- It initiates a connection to a file system.
- it (optionally) copies some local files ("fixture files") to the file system.
The file system is configured by the fs-test.properties file, which can be supplied in two ways:
- By putting it into the root of your KNIME workspace.
- By setting an environment variable called "KNIME_FS_TEST_PROPERTIES", which specifies the path to the file.
The fixtures files are copied from a local directory, which is also specified in the fs-test.properties file. The contents of the local fixture directory will be recursively copied to a folder called "fixtures" directly below the working directory of the file system.
The purpose of this node is to allow execution of the same testflow for a variety of different file systems.