docs: document FileWriterTool as solution for file writing issues (#2039)

* docs: add FileWriterTool recommendation for file writing issues

- Add FileWriterTool recommendation in _save_file docstring
- Update error message to suggest using FileWriterTool for cross-platform compatibility
- Resolves #2015

Co-Authored-By: Joe Moura <joao@crewai.com>

* docs: enhance FileWriterTool documentation

- Add cross-platform compatibility details
- Highlight UTF-8 encoding support
- Emphasize Windows compatibility
- Add recommendation for users experiencing file writing issues

Part of #2015

Co-Authored-By: Joe Moura <joao@crewai.com>

* refactor: improve _save_file type hints and error messages

Co-Authored-By: Joe Moura <joao@crewai.com>

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Co-authored-by: Joe Moura <joao@crewai.com>
Co-authored-by: João Moura <joaomdmoura@gmail.com>
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@@ -674,19 +674,32 @@ class Task(BaseModel):
return OutputFormat.PYDANTIC
return OutputFormat.RAW
def _save_file(self, result: Any) -> None:
def _save_file(self, result: Union[Dict, str, Any]) -> None:
"""Save task output to a file.
Note:
For cross-platform file writing, especially on Windows, consider using FileWriterTool
from the crewai_tools package:
pip install 'crewai[tools]'
from crewai_tools import FileWriterTool
Args:
result: The result to save to the file. Can be a dict or any stringifiable object.
Raises:
ValueError: If output_file is not set
RuntimeError: If there is an error writing to the file
RuntimeError: If there is an error writing to the file. For cross-platform
compatibility, especially on Windows, use FileWriterTool from crewai_tools
package.
"""
if self.output_file is None:
raise ValueError("output_file is not set.")
FILEWRITER_RECOMMENDATION = (
"For cross-platform file writing, especially on Windows, "
"use FileWriterTool from crewai_tools package."
)
try:
resolved_path = Path(self.output_file).expanduser().resolve()
directory = resolved_path.parent
@@ -702,7 +715,12 @@ class Task(BaseModel):
else:
file.write(str(result))
except (OSError, IOError) as e:
raise RuntimeError(f"Failed to save output file: {e}")
raise RuntimeError(
"\n".join([
f"Failed to save output file: {e}",
FILEWRITER_RECOMMENDATION
])
)
return None
def __repr__(self):