Set content of a file

Contract
Return type	wob
Parameter key	Default value	Type
content	req

Water Contract
<method resource.filesystem.file.set content=req/>

See also: file, folder, exists, create, set_file_content_and_create_folders_as_needed

To write content to a file, use the syntax:

a_file.<set content="new content"/>

Note that if the new content is a string it writes out the string. If the new content is a hypertext object, then the to_html method is automatically called on it to convert it to a string before writing to the file. If the new content is another kind of object, then the to_cxs method is called on it to convert it to a string before writing to the file. set with a _subject of a file can only take one argument which must be the content whose value must be a string. the content of the file will be set to the string. Note that you must use:

a_file.<set content="some value"/>

i.e. you must use the key "content". If the new content is not a string, then to_cxs is called on it and the resulting string is written to the file.