overwrite Property

Whether to overwrite the local or remote file.

Syntax

def get_overwrite() -> bool: ...
def set_overwrite(value: bool) -> None: ...

overwrite = property(get_overwrite, set_overwrite)

Default Value

FALSE

Remarks

When calling download_file, this property determines if local_file should be overwritten if it already exists.

When calling upload_file, 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.