Uncompress is a processor that extracts files from an archive in one of the following formats:
ZIP
RAR
MIME
Any files that are not recognized as an archive are passed through the uncompress tool without change.
Keywords
Keywords can be used with the search function above the elements pane.
The keywords for the Uncompress element are:
- ZIP
- RAR
- MIME
- archive
- compress
- decompress
- unzip
Filenames and folder structure
The following table describes the resulting file or folder structure and the corresponding naming conventions.
Multiple files from the same archive are always placed in a job folder. If the intention is to inject these files into the flow as separate jobs, a job dismantler should be placed directly after the uncompress flow element.
Archive contents |
Uncompress result |
|---|---|
Single file |
The file (named as specified in the archive) |
Multiple files or folders 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) |
Multiple files or folders 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) |
Connections
Uncompress allows only a single outgoing connection
Properties
Property |
Description |
|---|---|
Name |
The name of the flow element displayed in the canvas |
Passwords |
A list of passwords for opening password-protected archives; each of the passwords in the list will be tried in turn. The script expression can be used to determine a password dynamically, for example based on the sender of the packed data |
Remove redundant folders |
If set to yes, for archives where the files or job folders are contained in deeply nested subfolder structures, removes all but the deepest subfolder level while uncompressing Example: A PDF file that is compressed as "Folder 1\Folder 2\Folder 3\Test.pdf" is uncompressed as "\Folder3\Test.pdf" if this option is set to yes |