Create Zip Archive Step

This step creates a Zip archive.

Required properties:

Property Name Description
Zip Archive Name Name of the new Zip archive
Base Directory The starting directory where files for the archive reside
Include Files

Specify a new-line-separated list of file/directory patterns to include.

Pattern Matching Rules:

* matches zero or more characters

? matches one character

** matches zero or more directories

Examples:

*.java - matches .java, x.java, and FooBar.java

?.java - matches x.java, A.java

**/*.txt - matches all txt files recursively

**/CVS/* - matches all files in CVS directories anywhere in the directory tree

org/apache/jakarta/** - matches all files in the org/apache/jakarta directory tree

org/apache/**/CVS/* - matches all files in CVS directories anywhere in the in the directory tree under org/apache/

**/test/** - matches all files that have a test element in their path, including test as a filename

Optional properties:

Property Name Description
Exclude Files Specify a new-line-separated list of file/directory patterns to exclude. Pattern matching rules are the same as those listed in Include Files.
Update Existing Select this to update or overwrite the destination file if it already exists.
Follow Symlinks Select this to follow symbolic links when including files.
Case Sensitive Select this for matching to be case sensitive.
No Match

Select the behavior when no files match, either to skip or create an empty Zip archive.