# File Action Methods

#### File Locations

<table><thead><tr><th>Location</th><th width="150">ShortCut</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>testdata</td><td>td:</td><td>Default location for any read operations. For example: File Upload, Smarties: Excel Read</td></tr><tr><td>userdata</td><td>ud:</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>localdata</td><td>ld:</td><td>Locally managed files location on the node. Configured from agent properties </td></tr><tr><td>Outside files</td><td></td><td>Can be any folder on the system that task have permission. Must be specified with drive name</td></tr></tbody></table>

#### File Methods

* boolean [assertFile](#undefined)(String fileName, String propName, String propValue)
* boolean waitForFile(String fileName,Integer timeout)
* boolean deleteFile(String fileName)
* copyFile()