Overwrite Property

Whether to overwrite the local or remote file.

Syntax

 sharefile.getOverwrite([callback])
 sharefile.setOverwrite( overwrite, [callback])

Default Value

FALSE

Callback

The 'callback' parameter specifies a function which will be called when the operation completes (or an error is encountered). If the 'callback' parameter is not specified, then the method will block and will not return until the operation completes (or an error is encountered).

The callback for the getOverwrite([callback]) method is defined as:

function(err, data){ }

'err' is the error that occurred. If there was no error, then 'err' is 'null'.

'data' is the value returned by the method.

The callback for the setOverwrite([callback]) method is defined as:

function(err){ }

'err' is the error that occurred. If there was no error, then 'err' is 'null'.

'err' has 2 properties which hold detailed information:

err.code
err.message

Remarks

When calling DownloadFile, this property determines if LocalFile should be overwritten if it already exists.

When calling UploadFile, this property determines if the remote file should be if it already exists.

Note: This setting is not currently respected by the ShareFile service for file uploads. If the file has file versioning turned on it will retain the previous version. If the file versioning is turned off, the file will always be overwritten.

Data Type

Boolean