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title: "from path · RUAL Documentation"
description: "Turns a path (or list of paths) into a file, so a stored path can be handed to the file blocks. A leading slash means the entity root. Missing paths are…"
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# from path

This block is part of the [`files`](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/files) group and was last modified in core [`v15.0.0`](https://docs.rual.nl/core-versions/150000).

Turns a path (or list of paths) into a file, so a stored path can be handed to the file blocks. A leading slash means the entity root. Missing paths are left out and reported on success rather than failing : deleting something already gone is not an error.

- flow `flow`

- path required `value`

- flow `flow`

- success `condition`

- error `value`

- file `file`

A typical wiring for [from path](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/files/file_from_path): a [function trigger](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/globals/trigger_custom_function) starts the flow; [value](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/value/value_default) feeds the `path` pin; the `flow` out pin feeds [debug](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/state%2520ui/state_debug).

[![Studio canvas example for the from path block: typical wiring for from path.](https://docs.rual.nl/canvas-examples/file_from_path.png)](https://docs.rual.nl/canvas-examples/file_from_path.png?v=3)

## Version history

Introduced in [`v15.0.0`](https://docs.rual.nl/core-versions/150000).

- [Back to `files`](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/files): Return to the main group to view all sub-groups

- [Back to `file`](https://docs.rual.nl/block-types/files?group=file): Return to the group to view all blocks within this group

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