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Zip Advanced

Zip Advanced zips one or more files into a single archive with a configurable level of compression and an optional ZIP password.

Use Zip Advanced instead of the destination-level "Zip" checkbox if any of the following zip features are needed.

Input Parameters

Output Parameters

Notes

Zip Advanced recursively includes subfolders in its archives if the "Include Subfolders" option has been set on any task sources.

Zip Advanced requires that the task-level "Cache Files" option be set to "Use Original Names". To set this option:

This built-in script can be run per-file or once-after-all-files.

This built-in script cannot be run as the first step of a task.

Example #1

Al wants to download several *.rpt files from an FTP server, include a readme.txt from his local computer, and zip the entire package together in a highly compressed Zip archive.

To accomplish this with MOVEit Automation:

  1. Create a new task with a source, process, destination and schedule.
  2. Point the new source to the FTP server and use *.rpt as the file mask.
  3. Select "Zip Advanced" as the process.
  4. Set process parameters:
  5. Add a second source to the task and point it at the local "readme.txt" file.

The final task has: