# 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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| --------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Action name                 | The name of the workflow action.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Source files                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| Get arguments from previous | <p>This checkbox takes the filename specification from the result rows of a previous workflow action. This is what will be taken from the rows.</p><ul><li>The first field has to contain the filename or folder.</li><li>The second field should contain the inclusion wildcard</li><li>The third field should contain the exclusion wildcard.</li><li>The fourth field should contain the target zip file (this can be different for each file).</li></ul> |
| 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

| Option                   | Description                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| ------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Advanced                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Compression              | The compression level to be used. The options are \* Default \* Best Compression \* Best speed                                                                                                     |
| If zip file exists       | <p>The action to take when there already is a file at the target destination. The options</p><ul><li>Create new with unique name</li><li>Append to existing</li><li>Do nothing (default)</li></ul> |
| After zipping            | <p>The action to take after zipping. The options are</p><ul><li>Do nothing (default)</li><li>Delete files</li><li>Move files</li></ul>                                                             |
| 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.                                                                                                    |
| Result file name         |                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Add Zip file to result   | Enable this option to add the target zip file(s) to the result                                                                                                                                     |


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