Michael, that worked perfectly! Thanks! Russell
On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 3:15 PM, Michael Moser <[email protected]> wrote: > Russell, > > Try this expression in your Remote Path: > > /logs/${now():toNumber():minus(86400000):format('yyyy-MM-dd')} > > -- Mike > > On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 4:53 PM, Russell Whitaker <[email protected] >> wrote: > >> I'm setting up a GetSFTP processor to run every morning to >> download files expected in a regular location named based on the >> previous day's date, >> e.g. /logs/2015-09-08. I'm trying to set the GetSFTP processor "Remote >> path" >> config setting with something like this: >> >> /logs/${date:toDate('YESTERDAY'):format('yyyy-MM-dd')} >> >> or >> >> /logs/${now()-86400000:format('yyyy-MM-dd') >> >> Both fail of course. In the second case, I'm trying a brute force >> offset based on the >> Nifi expression language guide, which says this for now(): >> >> "The now function returns the current date and time as the number of >> milliseconds since Midnight GMT on January 1, 1970" >> >> Not according to my testing, and also checking NowEvaluator.java, which >> actually >> returns a DataQueryResult instance. As for the toDate('YESTERDAY') >> attempt, there >> seems to be no evaluator support for it, nor in >> java.text.SimpleDateFormat which it >> imports and uses. Anyone have suggestions for addressing this use case? >> >> Thanks! >> R >> >> -- >> Russell Whitaker >> http://twitter.com/OrthoNormalRuss >> http://www.linkedin.com/pub/russell-whitaker/0/b86/329 >> -- Russell Whitaker http://twitter.com/OrthoNormalRuss http://www.linkedin.com/pub/russell-whitaker/0/b86/329
