The Compress File object compresses
files into zip archives.
Use the Compress File object to
archive log files before storage or before sending them to another
location using FTP or email.
To configure the Compress File
object you need to know which files you will compress.
Folder
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Type the path to the file, or
to the folder that contains the files, that you want to compress,
or click the ellipsis (...) button and
browse for the files. You may use wildcards in filenames.
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Include sub-folders
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Select this option to include
any files that are found within sub-folders of the folder that you
specified.
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File
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Type the path and filename of
the archive that you are creating.
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Store relative path in
archive
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Select this option to store the
files within the same sub-folders that they were found in. When
this option is unselected, the files will be added to the archive
with the full path. For example:
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Selected – ..\subfolder1\file.txt, and
..\subfolder1\subfolder2\file.txt
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Unselected –
C:\files\subfolder1\file.txt, and
C:\files\subfolder1\subfolder2\file.txt
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If the destination archive
already exists
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Select the action that you want
to take if a file with the same name as the archive being created
already exists in the destination folder:
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Add files
to the existing archive - Select this option to add the
files that you specified to the existing archive.
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Create a
unique named archive - Select this option to append a value
to the filename to create a unique filename that does not conflict
with the existing filename.
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Overwrite
the existing archive - Select this option to overwrite the
existing file with the archive that you are creating.
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Fail if the
archive exists - Select this option to cause the Compress
File object to fail if the filename already exists.
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Compression level
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Select the level of compression
that you want to use to compress the files into the archive. Higher
compression levels take more time to complete but usually result in
smaller files. Lower compression levels create larger archives, but
take less time to complete.
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