Directory

Specify the directory that contains the files to be added to the
archive file.

This field is available when zip
or tar.gz is selected from the
Archive format list.

Subdirectories

Select this check box if you want to add the files in the
subdirectories to the archive file.

This field is available only when zip is selected from the Archive format list.

Source File

Specify the path to the file that you want to add to the archive
file.

This field is available only when gzip is selected from the Archive format list.

Archive file

Specify the path to the archive file to be created.

Create directory if does not exist

Select this check box to create the destination folder if it does
not exist.

Archive format

Select an archive file format from the list: zip, gzip, or
tar.gz.

Compress level

Select the compression level you want to apply.

• Best: the compression
  quality will be optimum, but the compression time will be
  long.

• Normal: the compression
  quality and time will be average.

• Fast (no compression):
  the compression will be fast, but the quality will be
  lower.

All files

Select this check box if all files in the specified directory will
be added to the archive file. Clear it to specify the file(s) you
want to add to the archive file in the Files
table.

Filemask: type in the file name
or the file mask using a special character or a regular
expression.

This check box is available when zip or tar.gz is
selected from the Archive format
list.

Encoding

Select an encoding type from the list or select CUSTOM and define it manually. This field
is compulsory for DB data handling.

This list is available when zip
is selected from the Archive format
list.

Overwrite Existing Archive

This check box is selected by default. This allows you to save an
archive by replacing the existing one. But if you clear the check
box, an error is reported, the replacement fails and the new archive
cannot be saved.

Encrypt files

Select this check box if you want the archive file to be password
protected.

Encrypt method: select an encrypt
method from the list, Java Encrypt,
Zip4j AES, or Zip4j STANDARD.

AES Key Strength: select a key
strength for the Zip4j AES method,
either AES 128 or AES 256.

Enter Password: enter the
encryption password.

To enter the password, click the […] button next to the
password field, and then in the pop-up dialog box enter the password between double quotes
and click OK to save the settings.

This check box is available only when zip is selected from the Archive format list. With this check box selected,
the compressed archive file can be decompressed only by the
tFileUnarchive component and
not by a common archiver. For more information about tFileUnarchive, see tFileUnarchive.

ZIP64 mode

Note that if the file size or the total size of the archive
exceeds 4GB or there are more than 65536 files inside the archive,
you need to set the mode to ALWAYS.

Use sync flush

Select this check box to flush the compressor before flushing the
output stream. Clear this check box to flush only the output
stream.

This check box is available when gzip or tar.gz is
selected from the Archive format
list.

tStatCatcher Statistics

Select this check box to gather the processing metadata at the Job
level as well as at each component level.

Global Variables

ARCHIVE_FILEPATH: the path to the archive file. This is
an After variable and it returns a string.

ARCHIVE_FILENAME: the name of the archive file. This is an
After variable and it returns a string.

ERROR_MESSAGE: the error message generated by the
component when an error occurs. This is an After variable and it returns a string. This
variable functions only if the Die on error check box is
cleared, if the component has this check box.

A Flow variable functions during the execution of a component while an After variable
functions after the execution of the component.

To fill up a field or expression with a variable, press Ctrl +
Space to access the variable list and choose the variable to use from it.

For further information about variables, see
Talend Studio

User Guide.

Usage rule

This component must be used as a standalone component.

Connections

Outgoing links (from this component to another):

Row: Main; Reject; Iterate.

Trigger: On Subjob Ok; On Subjob
Error; Run if; On Component Ok; On Component Error.

Incoming links (from one component to this one):

Row: Main; Reject; Iterate.

Trigger: Run if; On Subjob Ok; On
Subjob Error; On component Ok; On Component Error; Synchronize;
Parallelize.

For further information regarding connections, see

Talend Studio

User Guide.