From d324e4ae710e89e34e68724a25ce6db730677fbd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chandra Y <cyemparala@tacc.utexas.edu>
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2023 17:39:15 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Adjustments to targetpath

---
 .../Applications/AppForm/AppForm.jsx          | 11 +++++----
 .../Applications/AppForm/AppFormUtils.js      | 23 +++++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/client/src/components/Applications/AppForm/AppForm.jsx b/client/src/components/Applications/AppForm/AppForm.jsx
index b2b7ed793..f59a41027 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Applications/AppForm/AppForm.jsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Applications/AppForm/AppForm.jsx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { getSystemName } from 'utils/systems';
 import FormSchema from './AppFormSchema';
 import {
-  checkAndSetDefaultTargetPath,
+  isTargetPathEmpty,
   isTargetPathField,
   getInputFieldFromTargetPathField,
   getQueueMaxMinutes,
@@ -501,9 +501,12 @@ export const AppSchemaForm = ({ app }) => {
             .flat()
             .filter((fileInput) => fileInput.sourceUrl) // filter out any empty values
             .map((fileInput) => {
-              fileInput.targetPath = checkAndSetDefaultTargetPath(
-                fileInput.targetPath
-              );
+              if (isTargetPathEmpty(fileInput.targetPath)){
+                return {
+                  name : fileInput.name,
+                  sourceUrl : fileInput.sourceUrl
+                };
+              }
               return fileInput;
             });
 
diff --git a/client/src/components/Applications/AppForm/AppFormUtils.js b/client/src/components/Applications/AppForm/AppFormUtils.js
index 1b5b30c7e..fcaa7910c 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Applications/AppForm/AppFormUtils.js
+++ b/client/src/components/Applications/AppForm/AppFormUtils.js
@@ -202,20 +202,35 @@ export const getInputFieldFromTargetPathField = (targetPathFieldName) => {
 };
 
 /**
- * Sets the default value if target path is not set.
+ * Check if targetPath is empty on input field
  *
  * @function
  * @param {String} targetPathFieldValue
- * @returns {String} target path value
+ * @returns {boolean} if target path is empty
  */
-export const checkAndSetDefaultTargetPath = (targetPathFieldValue) => {
+export const isTargetPathEmpty = (targetPathFieldValue) => {
   if (targetPathFieldValue === null || targetPathFieldValue === undefined) {
-    return '*';
+    return true;
   }
 
   targetPathFieldValue = targetPathFieldValue.trim();
 
   if (targetPathFieldValue.trim() === '') {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  return false;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Sets the default value if target path is not set.
+ *
+ * @function
+ * @param {String} targetPathFieldValue
+ * @returns {String} target path value
+ */
+export const checkAndSetDefaultTargetPath = (targetPathFieldValue) => {
+  if (isTargetPathEmpty(targetPathFieldValue)) {
     return '*';
   }