Scheduled zip file creation

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Linked 1. Related Hot Network Questions. Question feed. You can also drag and drop files. When the ZIP file is ready, it will automatically be downloaded. This tool allows you to create ZIP files in your browser without having to install any software on your computer.

When using this tool, no files will be uploaded to our servers. All your files are processed in the browser and will thus remain private. Since no files will have to be uploaded to a server. Either way, it will open the Task Wizard, an interactive tool for Task creation. Adding the Task Scheduler Trigger for automatic daily Task execution. A Task does not start itself. Instead, it relies on its Triggers that are sets of conditions which, when met, automatically start the Task.

Configure the Task Scheduler for daily execution at PM with the recurrence interval of 1 day. Once in the Archive tab of the Zip Files Action , let us first specify the files to compress. Click the Browse button next to the Files to compress field. Second, let us specify the destination archive. We will have to specify the file name that reflects the date of archiving. Since the Date variable will be used in file names, only symbols allowed in file names can be used.

As slashes are not allowed, change the separator to the - Dash character. When the Files to compress and Destination archive parameters have been specified, let us specify the encryption for the archive. Go to the Options tab of the Zip Files Action properties. Use a reasonably long password which is hard to guess e.

After the Zip Files Action has been added and configured, proceed with the other steps of Task creation, namely, specify the user credentials in Run As properties tab, configure email reports in Reports tab , give task a name and description in Task properties e. The tutorial on zip file automation has shown how to create a Task, add and configure both the Task Scheduler Trigger and the Zip Files Action.

The dynamic Date value was used via Variable Wizard as the file name parameter, specifying that the each zip archive instead of having the same fixed name is named differently every day.

Note that this tutorial shows only the basics of using Automation Workshop. The full functionality of automated Tasks and even particular Task Scheduler Trigger and Zip Files Action far surpasses the simple use reviewed here.