Note the > operator tells us we're sending files from the server to the agent.
[1.1] Test\** > Output [1.2] Test\** -> OutputFlattened [1.3] Test\** >> OutputEmptied [1.4] Test\** ->> OutputEmptiedFlattened |
Each rule will find all files in the Test directory in the server's workspace and copy them to the agent's workspace directory.
[1.1] - Puts files and directories in \Output. Preserves the directory structure.
[1.2] - Traverse the entire directory structure of Test and put all files matched into the \OutputFlattened directory on the agent. Also so known as flattening the files.
[1.3] - Before copying the files and preserving their path, make sure \OutputEmpied is actually empty.
[1.4] - Before copying the files and flattening them, make sure \OutputEmpiedFlattened is actually empty.
Note the < operator tells us we're sending files from the agent to the server .
[2.1] Test < Output\** [2.2] TestFlattened\ <- Output\** [2.3] TestEmptied\ << Output\** [2.4] TestEmptiedFlattened\ <<- Output\** |
Each rule will find all files in the Output directory in the agent's workspace and copy them to the server's workspace directory.
[2.1] - Puts files and directories in \Test. Preserves the directory structure.
[2.2] - Traverse the entire directory structure of Output and put all files matched into the \TestFlattened directory on the server. Also so known as flattening the files.
[2.3] - Before copying the files and preserving their path, make sure \TestEmpied is actually empty.
[2.4] - Before copying the files and flattening them, make sure \TestEmpiedFlattened is actually empty.
The example rules below all use the preserve operator > or <, for these examples it's not the operator that's important so we've just used any.
[3.1] Test\* > Output [3.2] Test\image_?.png > Output [3.3] Test\*.??? > Output [3.4] Test\*\**.dll > Output [3.5] Test\**.xml > Output |
[3.1] - Matches any files (not directories) in the server's \Test directory and puts them in the agent's \Output directory.
[3.2] - Matches any files with the name "image_" followed by a single character, followed by ".png" and puts them in the agent's \Output directory.
[3.3] - Matches any files (not directories) in the server's \Test directory which end with a period "." followed by 3 characters. It basically matches any files that have a 3 character long file extension.
[3.4] - Matches any files ending with ".dll" and are two directories down from the server workspace's \Test directory. The first wild card matches a single level of directories.
[3.5] - Matches any files ending with ".xml" anywhere underneath the server workspace's \Test directory.
Using the preserve paths operator won't preserve the entire path of the file that's matched. It will only preserve paths matched by the directories the wild card matches. If you specify a directory name with no wildcards in your pattern and that directory comes before any wildcards, then to keep that exact structure you must put those directories in the destination path.
[4.1] Test\**.xml > Output [4.2] Test\Stuff\**.xml > Output # Notice how the destination pattern directories mimic the non-wildcard directories in the source pattern. [4.3] Test\**.xml > Output\Test [4.4] Test\Stuff\**.xml > Output\Test\Stuff |
[4.1] and [4.2] - Any files matched are put in the \Output directory and the directory they were found in will be created in \Output.
[4.3] - Any files matched are put in the \Output\Test directory and the directory they were found in will be created in \Output\Test.
[4.4] - Any files matched are put in the \Output\Test\Stuff directory and the directory they were found in will be created in \Output\Test\Stuff .
The root of the workspace can be specified by either a forward slash "/" or a backslash "\".
[5.1] AppInstallers*.exe > / [5.2] / < AppInstallers*.exe |
[5.1] - Matches any files in the root of the server's workspace that start with "AppInstallers" and ends with ".exe" and puts them in the agent's workspace root.
[5.2] - Matches any files in the root of the agent's workspace that start with "AppInstallers" and ends with ".exe" and puts them in the server's workspace root.
Exclude rules are grouped by direction (Server to Agent/Agent to Server) and applied to all include patterns that match the direction.
[6.1a] Output\** > LotsOfStuff [6.1b] - Output\**.xml > [6.2a] Installers < Output\** [6.2b] - < Output\**.xml [6.2c] - < Output\**.dll |
[6.1a] and [6.1b] execute together. The server pattern Output\** starts generating a list of files it matches, as a match is found it's checked against every exclude pattern, in this example there is only one Output\**.xml. The result of combining these two rules is every file in the server's \Output directory is copied to the agent's \LotsOfStuff directory except for files that end with ".xml".
[6.2a], [6.2b] and [6.2c] also executed together. The agent pattern Output\** starts generating a list of files it matches, as a match is found it's checked against the two exclude patterns [6.2b] and [6.2c]. This example will copy all files in Output\ except for those that end with ".xml" or ".dll" and puts them in the \Installers directory on the server-side workspace.
Add the colon ":" operator after the zip extension on the left-hand side of a server-to-agent rule to specify that the archive file should be extracted. Note that only zip archive files are currently supported.
7.1 Report.zip: > Report/ExtractedFiles 7.2 Report.zip: -> Report/ExtractedFlattened 7.2 Report.zip: >> Report/ExtractedFiles 7.2 Report.zip: ->> Report/ExtractedFlattened |
The archive file in the server workspace is automatically extracted after being copied to the agent workspace. Note that the operators for preserving and emptying the destination folder are also taken into account when extracting. Also note that archive files can only be extracted when copying from the server workspace to the agent workspace.
[7.1] - Extracts all the files in the archive Report.zip to the folder Report/ExtractedFiles. Preserves the directory structure within the zip file.
[7.2] - Extracts all the files in the archive Report.zip to the folder Report/ExtractedFlattened. Flattens the zip directory structure so that all files are extracted directly to Report/ExtractedFlattened.
[7.3] - Extracts all the files in the archive Report.zip to the folder Report/ExtractedFiles. Empties the destination folder before extracting files.
[7.4] - Extracts all the files in the archive Report.zip to the folder Report/ExtractedFlattened. Empties the destination folder before extracting files. Flattens the zip directory structure so that all files are extracted directly to Report/ExtractedFlattened.
You can also add a pattern to specify which files to extract from the server archive file.
8.1 Report.zip:/*.html > ReportHtmlFiles 8.2 Report.zip:/**.html > Report/HtmlFiles 8.3 Report.zip:/Main/**.xml > MainReport/XmlFiles 8.4 Report.zip:/Report/**/Main/**.html > MainReport/HtmlFiles |
[8.1] - Extracts all the html files in the root folder of the archive Report.zip to the folder ReportHtmlFiles. Preserves the directory structure within the zip file.
[8.2] - Extracts all the html files in the archive Report.zip to the folder Report/HtmlFiles. Preserves the directory structure within the zip file.
[8.3] - Extracts all the xml files under the Main folder in the archive Report.zip to the folder MainReport/XmlFiles. Preserves the directory structure under the Main folder within the zip file.
[8.4] - Extracts all the html files under the Report folder in the archive Report.zip which are under a sub-folder named Main to the folder MainReport/HtmlFiles. Preserves the directory structure under the Report folder within the zip file.
Specifying a zip file extension on the left-hand side of a agent-to-server rule means that the agent files should be compressed. The colon ":" after the zip name operator is optional, but can be used to specify a destination sub-folder (see 10. below). Note that only zip archive files are currently supported.
9.1 Report.zip < Report/Files/** 9.2 Report.zip: < Report/Files/*.html 9.3 Report.zip: <- Report/Files/**.html 9.4 Report.zip: << Report/**/Main/*.xml |
The matching files in the agent workspace are compressed to an archive file which is then copied to the server workspace. Note that the operators for preserving and emptying the destination folder are also taken into account when extracting. Also note that files can only be compress to an archive when copying from the agent workspace to the server workspace.
[9.1] - Compress all the files under the folder Report/Files to the archive Report.zip. Preserves the directory structure under Report/Files when adding files to the zip file.
[9.2] - Compress all the html files directly in the folder Report/Files to the archive Report.zip. Preserves the directory structure under Report/Files when adding files to the zip file.
[9.3] - Compress all the html files under the folder Report/Files to the archive Report.zip. Flattens the directory structure so that all files are compressed to the root folder of the zip file.
[9.4] - Compress all the xml files directory under the folder Report directly under a sub-folder named Main to the archive Report.zip. Preserves the directory structure under Report when adding files the zip file. Deletes any existing Report.zip files created in previous rules and creates a new zip file.
You can also defined a sub-folder within the zip file to compress the files to.
10.1 Report.zip:MainReport < Report/Files/** 10.2 Report.zip:MainReport/Html < Report/Files/**.html |
The matching files in the agent workspace are compressed to the specified subfolder in the archive file which is then copied to the server workspace.
[10.1] - Compress all the files under the folder Report/Files to the MainReport sub-folder in the archive Report.zip. Preserves the directory structure under Report/Files when adding files to the zip file.
[10.2] - Compress all the html files under the folder Report/Files the MainReport/Html sub-folder in the archive Report.zip. Preserves the directory structure under Report/Files when adding files to the zip file.