# Properties setting

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/properties-setting/69400>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [21 October 2022 19:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/properties-setting/69400 "2022-10-21T19:40:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Giacomo23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Giacomo23](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Giacomo23)\
**Post date:** [21 October 2022 19:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/properties-setting/69400/1 "2022-10-21T19:40:27Z")

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How can I set the values of "node-red-contrib-fs-ops" through the edit change node?  
 ![0](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/8/6/861b3ff4353919e9109ee5313e0c1725a8f5a025.png)  
 ![2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/9/c/9cae3fa09def4a8088da4419d930688926f8dbf9.png)

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**Author:** ![zenofmud](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/zenofmud/32/316_2.png) [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)\
**Post date:** [21 October 2022 20:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/properties-setting/69400/2 "2022-10-21T20:41:16Z")

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Click on the node then in the dashboards sidebar, select the help tab. I believe it tells what options you can pass in via the msg object

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**Author:** ![E1cid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/e1cid/32/77971_2.png) [@E1cid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/E1cid)\
**Post date:** [21 October 2022 21:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/properties-setting/69400/3 "2022-10-21T21:40:58Z")

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Looking at your image you just need to set a msg property name, then in a change node prior to the file node, set that msg property to the file name/s.

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**Author:** ![bakman2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/bakman2/32/6207_2.png) [@bakman2](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bakman2)\
**Post date:** [22 October 2022 06:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/properties-setting/69400/4 "2022-10-22T06:18:43Z")

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In a change node you can set something like..

 ![SCR-20221022-bi4](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/f/5/f5c0302bf79782b8e9ebbb3fc4ed73ee4ee1f629.png)

in the file move node, reference those properties

 ![SCR-20221022-bim](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/3/3/33dfa34a58823190a96dd1e21c65445076165541.png)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [5 November 2022 06:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/properties-setting/69400/5 "2022-11-05T06:19:35Z")

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