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If I create write to a file in a flow and then in ...
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eddy davies
01/27/2023, 1:24 PMIf I create write to a file in a flow and then in a sub flow create another file, will these files all be available to until the top level flow finishes? Running on a
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01/27/2023, 1:25 PMthe simple test i did implied they would be just wanna confirm
eddy davies
01/27/2023, 1:26 PMIs it only when top level flow finishes that those files are lost? Trying to work out best time to upload to s3, for performance I think it would be better to upload bigger files rather than lots of small ones
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Christopher Boyd
01/27/2023, 1:37 PMFiles are lost when the pod is deleted
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eddy davies
01/27/2023, 1:58 PMAnd a pod is only created for top level flow not subflows?
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Christopher Boyd
01/27/2023, 2:15 PMa subflow is a subprocess in the same pod unless you create a new flow run, via something like https://docs.prefect.io/api-ref/orion/api/deployments/?h=create_flow#prefect.orion.api.deployments.create_flow_run_from_deployment
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eddy davies
01/27/2023, 3:00 PMamazing thanks