Enhance Put Directory Keyword with overwrite option

[jlz3008]

The problem
It is usual repeat a test that involved a download directory from host to the target.
If a file have already been downloaded it is not necessary download it again. This is particulary annoying if the file is big or the directory contain a large number of files.

Actually Put Directory Keyword overwrite the files once and again.

It would be great if the Put Directory Keyword had a overwrite=true option.

If overwrite were false, Put Directory Keyword would not download the files if they exists.

[cristii006]

Hi @jlz3008,

You can use the keyword Directory Should Exist in order to check that a directory is present or not on the remote machine. If you want to check if a directory is present on local machine you can use Directory Should Exist from the Operating System library.

You can do something like this if you want to check if a directory is present and if not put it to remote machine:

${status}=  Run Keyword And Return Status  Directory Should Exist  path_to_directory
Run Keyword If  ${status}==False  Put Directory  directory_to_put

Best regards,
Andrei-Cristian

[rticau]

The solution proposed by @cristii006 is pretty simple and straightforward and I don't see a significant benefit that can justify the effort to add the additional option to the keyword. Closing the issue now but if you @jlz3008 have further comments please let us know, we are happy to continue the discussion.