Any files that are not recognized as a valid archive and all job folders are passed through the configurator without change.
Multiple files from the same archive are always placed in a job folder. If the intention is to inject these files into the workflow as separate jobs, the flow designer must place a job dismantler directly after the configurator.
The following subsections describe the resulting file or folder structure and the corresponding naming conventions depending on the value of the “Remove redundant folders” property.
All folders of the path(s) specified in the archive are created in the result, preserving the exact nesting level of all files even if the top level folder(s) don’t contain any files. This setting is most suitable if the paths in the archive are known to be relative to some common root folder.
Archive contents |
Result |
|---|---|
Single file without a path |
The file (named as specified in the archive) |
One or more files with a common root folder |
A job folder (named as the topmost folder, which by definition is common) containing all files and folders (named as specified in the archive) under the topmost folder |
Multiple files without a common root folder |
A job folder (named as the archive after stripping the extension) containing all files and folders (named as specified in the archive) |
Top-level folders of the path(s) specified in the archive that don’t contain any files are not included in the result, avoiding overly deeply nested hierarchies. This setting is most suitable if the paths in the archive are known to be absolute paths, and the absolute portion of the path information is not significant.
Archive contents |
Result |
|---|---|
Single file (regardless of its path) |
The file (named as specified in the archive) |
Multiple files with a common root folder |
A job folder (named as the nearest common root folder) containing all files and folders (named as specified in the archive) under the common root folder |
Multiple files without a common root folder |
A job folder (named as the archive after stripping the extension) containing all files and folders (named as specified in the archive) |