The Create Archive actions allows you to create archives using any of the following formats:

Zip, 7z, GZip, BZip2, TAR

On this page:

 

 

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

Archive Options

Archive Options

Archive Type

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

Compression Level

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.

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

Exclude

Exclude Files

Specify any files or filespecs to exclude from the archive.

  • No labels