The Create Archive actions allows you to create archives using any of the following formats:
Zip, 7z, GZip, BZip2, TAR
Settings
Files & Directories
Archive Name
Specify the name of the new archive. The file extension should match the type of archive you are creating (eg. ZIP)
Root Directory
You can optionally set this to a directory so that the included files can be relative to this directory
Working Directory
Any temporary files will be placed in this directory
Options
Recurse
Specify how it should deal with sub-folders
Password
Specify a password to protect the archive. This password is required to decrypt the archive
If archive exists
Fail, Overwrite, or Update
Specify the archive type you want to create. It should match the file extension of the archive name. Solid Mode, SFX, and Multithreaded are modes available if you choose the 7zip format Specify which compression level you require. Higher compression levels require more CPU and memory. Some compression formats only support a subset of the available compression levels.Archive Options
Archive Options
Archive Type
Compression Level
Include Files
Include Files
Specify the files to include in the new archive.
If you don't specify a fully qualified filename, then the working directory must be set on the Settings tab.
The add button allows you to add a file, folder, or Other. Other is typically used to enter a wildcard filespec, such as *.txt
Specify any files or filespecs to exclude from the archive.Exclude
Exclude Files