Version: eXtendFiles 1.6.2 with Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure Blob Storage, Oracle Object Storage
Audience: Administrator
Use Case
- Prevent the overwriting of existing files when a file with the same name and extension is uploaded in the same folder.
- Group the original file and its preview and thumbnail image files within the same folder.
Overview
When you use additional buckets or folders to save eXtendFiles records, the files are not uploaded under a Universally Unique Identifiers (UUID) based folder as they are when uploaded to base buckets. This can cause issues when uploading multiple files with the same name and extension, as the old file will be replaced with the newly uploaded file.
To overcome this issue, UUID-based folder creation can be used. This feature creates a unique folder in your configured bucket or folder and uploads the file to it, ensuring that files with the same name and extension do not overwrite each other.
Configuration
When creating a folder information record to upload files to a specific folder, you can add
/{uuid} to the folder path. This generates a UUID-based folder in the configured folder, and the file is uploaded to this folder.
See Configure Folder Information to upload file to specific folders for more information on folder information records.