Files To Zip — Reference

Create a ZIP archive from an explicit list of server files.

Before you begin

• A server with the required ZIP libraries and a dedicated test folder/archive. Authorize access to the source and destination paths.

Files To Zip

Create a ZIP archive from an explicit list of server files.

Settings

Setting	Meaning
Name	Names the returned saved path, metadata or comment for later steps. Extraction returns a success result rather than a new archive.
Zip File	The complete application-relative server archive filename. For creation, prepare its writable parent directory first.
Files(s) to Add	The collection of server file paths or file records to add. The runtime helper can read path fields from file records.
Comment	Optional archive-level comment text.
Overwrite	For archive creation, allows replacing an existing ZIP; otherwise a unique name can be chosen. For UnZip, this exposed option is not honored as a protective gate in the installed implementations.
Output	Includes the named returned path, entry list, comment or extraction result in the action response. Default off; this does not download the archive itself.

Worked example

Create an archive from two disposable test files with distinct filenames, then read Zip List and compare its entries with the requested file list. Download or extract the test archive separately to confirm its contents.

Archive boundaries

Files are added under their basenames, not their complete server paths. Files from different folders with the same basename can therefore collide in the archive. Precheck the file list and inspect the result; a missing file may be handled differently by the backends.

Connect the file workflow

Use the actual returned archive path after creation. Use File Download when a browser should receive it, and keep any private files behind a protected server action.

Check your result

You can configure the archive operation and verify the intended entries, metadata or extracted files.