Create Zip file
Description
Create Zip File compresses one or more source files or directories into a standard ZIP archive. Use this process entry when your process needs to bundle files for delivery, archival, or storage optimization — for example, zipping report files before an FTP upload or compressing log files at the end of a daily batch run. It supports configurable compression levels and path preservation options.
Configurations
| Field Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Process Entry name | Specify a unique name for the process entry, on the workspace area. A process entry can be placed on the canvas several times; and each instance of the entry must have a unique name. |
| Source Files: | |
| Get arguments from previous | This checkbox takes the filename specification from the result rows of a previous process entry. This is what will be taken from the rows The first field has to contain the filename or folder. The second field should contain the inclusion wildcard The third field should contain the exclusion wildcard The fourth field should contain the target zip file (this can be different for each file) |
| Source Directory/File | The source directory of the files to be zipped |
| Include Wildcard(RegExp) | The wildcard (regular expression) of the files to include in the zip archive |
| Exclude Wildcard(RegExp) | 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: | |
| 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 | |
| Advanced: | |
| 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: 0: /process-studio/work/transfer/input/project/file.txt 1: file.txt 2: project/file.txt 3: input/project/file.txt 4: transfer/input/project/file.txt 5: work/transfer/input/project/file.txt 6: process-studio/work/transfer/input/project/file.txt 7: process-studio/work/transfer/input/project/file.txt 8: process-studio/work/transfer/input/project/file.txt |
| Result file name: | |
| Add zip file to result | Enable this option to add the target zip file(s) to the result |