Lets say I have a routine with a writer and I run it. Now I want to run the same routine without having to change the writer file name. I want it to delete the old file and create a new one or Override the old file. How do I change the settings in the writer to do this?
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How do I set my writer to override existing file?
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This depends on the writer you are using.
Default setting for most file based writers is to overwrite any existing file.
Some writers have a setting to either overwrite or append to a file.
Some files can not be overwritten if opened by another application (XLS, PDF and maybe others).
If by any chance it is a geodatabase, then you can set the option of Overwrite Database to Yes when you first add a writer.