Archive

Archive is a processor that places the incoming file or a job folder into a compressed ZIP archive (ZIP64-compliant). All files in a job folder are placed in a single archive. The archive is named as the incoming file or job folder with a ".zip" extension.

Note:

The Archive tool replaces the (now outdated) Compress tool, which did not provide Unicode support. Only use Compress (now available in the Legacy category) for maintenance reasons.
Very large files (+4 GB) can be archived as well.

Keywords

Keywords can be used with the search function above the Elements pane.

The keywords for the Archive element are:

ZIP
archive

Connections

Archive allows only a single outgoing connection.

Properties

Property	Description
Name	The name of the flow element displayed in the canvas.
Description	A description of the flow element displayed in the canvas. This description is also shown in the tooltip that appears when moving your cursor over the flow element.
Compress	If set to Yes, the files in the ZIP archive are compressed (default behavior). If set to No, the files are stored in the ZIP archive without compression, dramatically reducing the processing time; this can be meaningful when speed is more important than size, or when the files will not compress well anyway (for example, in case of JPEG images) – but you still want a single archive containing all files.
Password	The password used for protecting archives, or None (if not password-protected).

Note: Switch uses zlib which does not support the AES encryption, therefore Switch cannot read passwords which use the AES encryption. Hence, the Unarchive tool cannot read passwords which have been encrypted using the AES encryption. As a workaround, users can try using a third-party archiver as a command line application from Switch.