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Compress Files/Folder

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This node compresses files or a folder to an archive. If the compression format is being changed the file extension of the archive to create is adapted automatically.

Supported archive formats are:

  • .zip
  • .jar
  • .tar
  • .tar.gz
  • .tar.bz2
  • .cpio

Note: This node cannot compress KNIME artifacts such as workflows. In order to compress workflows please use a combination of Workflow Reader and Workflow Writer instead.

This node can access a variety of different file systems. More information about file handling in KNIME can be found in the official File Handling Guide.

Node details

Source File System Connection (Dynamic Inport)
The source file system connection.
  1. Type: File System
Destination File System Connection (Dynamic Inport)
The destination file system connection.
  1. Type: File System

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The Compress Files/Folder node is part of this extension:

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