Hi all,

 

 

According to the docs you have lots of wildcard options available in the"file and directory pathnames reader" ("add reader->Format: Directory and files pathnames). Including greedy searching all subdirectories recursively or fine-grained, hairsplitting controlled directory and file name searching.

 

http://docs.safe.com/fme/reader_writerPDF/path.pdf

 

 

So this kind of structure really should be a breeze: C:\\data2\\dirB\\dirB_1\\Newfeature.txt

 

C:\\data2\\dirB\\dirB_2\\Newfeature.txt

 

C:\\data2\\dirB\\dirB_3\\Newfeature.txt

 

(somewhat simplified).

 

 

 

So I set the source directory to C:\\data2\\dirB and fiddle with the Path filter syntacts.

 

**\\*

 

C:\\data2\\dirB\\**\\*

 

C:\\data2\\dirB\\dirB_?\\*

 

 

None of these work. No, I am not kidding. Go to the PDF I linked, scroll down to the heading Path filter. Then please explain me why.

 

 

What DOES work is moving most of those wildcard into the definition of the Source Directory. These definitions are valid for my example:

 

C:\\data2\\dirB\\**\\

 

C:\\data2\\dirB\\dirB_?\\

 

 

Apparently, the path filter is only usable to provide more fine grained control over the file name only. This separation (directory definition here, file name definition there) is actually logical and intuitive - I like it - but a) the name path filter is highly misleading and b) i beg you:

 

 

Please, please, pretty please update the documentation