Zip File
Description
The Zip file action creates a standard ZIP archive using the options you specify in the dialog.
Options
General tab
Action name
The name of the workflow action.
Source files
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.
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. The options are * Default * Best Compression * Best speed
If zip file exists
The action to take when there already is a file at the target destination. The options
Create new with unique name
Append to existing
Do nothing (default)
After zipping
The action to take after zipping. The options are
Do nothing (default)
Delete files
Move files
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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