RPA.Archive

Add file(s) to the archive

Arguments

Argument	Type	Default value	Description
files	List, str	null	name of the file, or list of files, to add
archive_name	str	null	filename of the archive
folder	str, None	None	name of the folder where the file will be added, relative path within the archive

param files:	name of the file, or list of files, to add
param archive_name:
	filename of the archive
param folder:	name of the folder where the file will be added, relative path within the archive
return:	None

This keyword adds a file or list of files into an existing archive. Files can be added to archive structure with relative path using argument folder.

Examples

Add To Archive  extrafile.txt  myfiles.zip
Add To Archive  stat.png       archive.tar.gz  images
@{files}        Create List    filename1.txt   filename2.txt
Add To Archive  ${files}       files.tar

Create a tar/tar.gz archive of a folder

Arguments

Argument	Type	Default value	Description
folder	str	null	name of the folder to archive
archive_name	str	null	filename of the archive
recursive	bool	False	should sub directories be included, default is False
include	str, None	None	define file pattern to include in the package, default is None which means all files are included
exclude	str, None	None	define file pattern to exclude from the package, default is None

param folder:	name of the folder to archive
param archive_name:
	filename of the archive
param recursive:
	should sub directories be included, default is False
param include:	define file pattern to include in the package, default is None which means all files are included
param exclude:	define file pattern to exclude from the package, default is None
return:	None

This keyword creates an TAR or TAR.GZ archive of a local folder. Type of archive is determined by the file extension. By default subdirectories are not included, but they can included using recursive argument.

To include only certain files, like TXT files, the argument include can be used. Similarly to exclude certain file, like dotfiles, the argument exclude can be used.

Examples

Archive Folder With TAR  ${CURDIR}${/}documents  documents.tar
Archive Folder With TAR  ${CURDIR}${/}tasks      tasks.tar.gz   include=*.robot
Archive Folder With TAR  ${CURDIR}${/}tasks      tasks.tar      exclude=/.*
Archive Folder With TAR  ${CURDIR}${/}documents  documents.tar  recursive=True

Create a zip archive of a folder

Arguments

Argument	Type	Default value	Description
folder	str	null	name of the folder to archive
archive_name	str	null	filename of the archive
recursive	bool	False	should sub directories be included, default is False
include	str, None	None	define file pattern to include in the package, default is None which means all files are included
exclude	str, None	None	define file pattern to exclude from the package, default is None
compression	str	stored	type of package compression method, default is "stored"

param folder:	name of the folder to archive
param archive_name:
	filename of the archive
param recursive:
	should sub directories be included, default is False
param include:	define file pattern to include in the package, default is None which means all files are included
param exclude:	define file pattern to exclude from the package, default is None
param compression:
	type of package compression method, default is "stored"
return:	None

This keyword creates an ZIP archive of a local folder. By default subdirectories are not included, but they can be included using the recursive argument.

To include only certain files, like TXT files, the argument include can be used. Similarly to exclude certain files, like dotfiles, the argument exclude can be used.

Compression methods:

• stored, default
• deflated
• bzip2
• lzma

Examples

Archive Folder With Zip  ${CURDIR}${/}documents  mydocs.zip
Archive Folder With Zip  ${CURDIR}${/}tasks      robottasks.zip   include=*.robot
Archive Folder With Zip  ${CURDIR}${/}tasks      no_dotfiles.zip  exclude=/.*
Archive Folder With Zip  ${CURDIR}${/}documents  documents.zip    recursive=True
Archive Folder With Zip  ${CURDIR}               packagelzma.zip  compression=lzma
Archive Folder With Zip  ${CURDIR}               bzipped.zip      compression=bzip2

Extract files from archive into local directory

Arguments

Argument	Type	Default value	Description
archive_name	str	null	filename of the archive
path	str, None	None	filepath to extract file into, default is current working directory
members	List, str, None	None	list of files to extract from archive, by default all files in archive are extracted

param archive_name:
	filename of the archive
param path:	filepath to extract file into, default is current working directory
param members:	list of files to extract from archive, by default all files in archive are extracted
return:	None

This keyword supports extracting files from zip, tar and tar.gz archives.

By default file is extracted into current working directory, but path argument can be set to define extraction path.

Examples

Extract Archive    myfiles.zip   ${CURDIR}${/}extracted
@{files}           Create List   filename1.txt    filename2.txt
Extract Archive    archive.tar   C:${/}myfiles${/}  ${files}

Extract a file from archive into local directory

Arguments

Argument	Type	Default value	Description
filename	str	null	name of the file to extract
archive_name	str	null	filename of the archive
path	str, None	None	filepath to extract file into, default is current working directory

param filename:	name of the file to extract
param archive_name:
	filename of the archive
param path:	filepath to extract file into, default is current working directory
return:	None

This keyword supports extracting a file from zip, tar and tar.gz archives.

By default file is extracted into current working directory, but path argument can be set to define extraction path.

Examples

Extract File From Archive    extrafile.txt   myfiles.zip
Extract File From Archive    background.png  images.tar.gz  ${CURDIR}${/}extracted

Get information about the archive

Arguments

Argument	Type	Default value	Description
archive_name	str	null	filename of the archive

param archive_name:
	filename of the archive
return:	dictionary variable containing the keys filename, filemode, size, mtime, modified

Returns following file attributes in a dictionary:

• filename
• filemode
• size
• mtime
• last modification time in format %d.%m.%Y %H:%M:%S

Examples

&{archiveinfo}   Get Archive Info    myfiles.zip

List files in an archive

Arguments

Argument	Type	Default value	Description
archive_name	str	null	filename of the archive

param archive_name:
	filename of the archive
return:	dictionary variable containing the keys name, size, mtime, modified

Returns list of files, where each file in a list is a dictionary with following attributes:

• name
• size
• mtime
• last modification time in format %d.%m.%Y %H:%M:%S

Examples

@{files}   List Archive    myfiles.zip
FOR  ${file}  IN   ${files}
    Log  ${file}[filename]
    Log  ${file}[size]
    Log  ${file}[mtime]
END