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Compress Files/Folder (Table)

IO File Folder Utility Archive (zip, tar, ...)
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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

Input ports
  1. Type: Table
    Input table
    The input table containing a Path column.
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

Extension

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

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