File Compression Task

The File Compression task allows you to compress files located on the Windows file system or on FTP or SFTP file servers. You can use the File Uncompression Task to extract files from a compressed archive.

Currently the task supports the ZIP compression standard.

After a File Compression task executes, detailed information about the file operation can be found in the Job Detail Log.

Job Variables

This task creates the following Job Variables, which are available for the remainder of the job:

Variable	Description
FileOperationTask.ProcessedFileCount	The number of messages successfully processed by the task
FileOperationTask.ErrorMessages	Contains any error messages reported by the task
FileOperationTask.SucceededFiles	Contains a comma-delimited list of all the files that were successfully processed
FileOperationTask.FailedFiles	Contains a comma-delimited list of all the files for which errors were reported