Zip File
Description
The Zip File action creates a standard ZIP archive using the options you specify in the dialog.
Options
General Tab
Option | Description |
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Workflow action name | The name of the workflow action. |
Get arguments from previous | This checkbox takes the filename specification from the result rows of a previous workflow action. This is what will be taken from the rows.
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Source directory | The source directory of the files to be zipped |
Include wildcard | The wildcard (regular expression) of the files to include in the zip archive |
Exclude wildcard | The wildcard (regular expression) of the files to exclude from the zip archive |
Include sub-folders | Enable this option to search files in sub-folders |
Zip file name | The full name of the destination archive |
Create parent folder | Create the parent folder if it doesn’t exist |
Include date in filename | Add the date to the file name |
Include time in filename | Add the time to the file name |
Specify date time format | Allows you to specify the date/time format mask, |
Date time format | The date time format mask, like yyyy/MM/dd HHmmss |
Show filename | Shows an example filename based on the options you specified |
Advanced Tab
Option | Description |
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Compression | The compression level to be used (Default, Best Compression, Best speed) |
If zip file exists | The action to take when there already is a file at the target destination. |
After zipping | The action to take after zipping |
Move files to | The target directory to move the source files to after zipping |
Create folder | Create the folder to move to |
Stored source path depth | This is the part of the source file path which is taken over in the ZIP file archive structure. |
Add Zip file to result | Enable this option to add the target zip file(s) to the result |