The 7-Zip actions in Continua are a wrapper around the 7z command line. If you're having trouble using any of the 7-Zip actions, please refer to the Command Line Reference.
The 7-Zip Extract action extracts files from an archive with their full paths in the current directory, or in an output directory if specified.
A friendly name for this action (will be displayed in the actions workflow area).
Determines if this action will be run within the relevant stage.
The path, including the file name, to extract.
The directory you want the archive extracted to. The directories will be created if they don't exist. [--o]
Select the behaviour of of 7-Zip when it encounters files that already exist in the extract directory. These behaviours are:
The Using drop down is populated with any property collector whose namespace matches the pattern defined by the 7-Zip Extract action. The pattern for this action is ^7-Zip.*
If you create a property collector for this action, make sure you select the Path Finder PlugIn type and give it a name that will match the pattern above in blue. Example names listed here, search the table's Plugin column for "7-Zip Extract".
For more in-depth explanations on property collectors see Property Collectors.
Alternatively, you can select the Custom option from the Using drop down list and specify a path in the resulting input field that will be displayed. Please read Why it's a good idea to use a property collector before using this option
The password required to decrypt and extract the selected archive. [--p]
How many seconds to wait for the action to finish before timing out. The default is 86400 seconds (24 hours).
Tick to continue build on failure marking the action with a warning status.
If this is ticked, any warnings logged will not mark the action with a warning status.
Multiple environment variables can be defined - one per line. These are set before the command line is run.
If this is ticked, environment variable values are written to the build log.
Tick this checkbox to set up a list of new environment variables prefixed with 'ContinuaCI.' for all current system expression objects and variables.
This checkbox is visible only if the 'Generate system environment variables' checkbox is ticked.
If this is ticked, the values of any variables marked as sensitive will be masked with **** when setting system environment variables. Clear this to expose the values.