Use KiBot compress to archive a entire folder

[alextrical]

Good Day

Im currently looking to compress the entire contents from a folder, pupulated by a few different steps in a KiBot worflow

Specifically im looking to add the contents of a folder at './Panel_2x1/JLCPCB' to a zip file.

The code im using is the folowing

outputs:
  - name: JLCPCB_manufacturing_output
    type: compress
    options:
      format: ZIP
      source: './Panel_2x1/JLCPCB'
      output: 'JLCPCB_manufacturing_files.zip'

or

outputs:
  - name: JLCPCB_manufacturing_output
    type: compress
    options:
      format: ZIP
      source: '*'
      # from_cwd: true
      output: 'JLCPCB_manufacturing_files.zip'

or

outputs:
  - name: JLCPCB_manufacturing_output
    type: compress
    options:
      format: ZIP
      files:
        - source: JLCPCB/*
          from_cwd: true
          dest: source
        - source: Panel_2x1/JLCPCB/*
          from_cwd: true
          dest: source

The resulting zip file is devoid of any contents, any advice is greatly appreciated
Kind regards
Ben J

[set-soft]

Hi @alextrical !

In the first and second example you don't specify any files. And KiBot informs it like this:

WARNING:(W015) Unknown option `source` (kibot - optionable.py:224)
WARNING:(W050) No files provided, creating an empty archive (kibot - out_compress.py:99)

You must pay attention to the warnings!!

The third example might work ... as long as you really run it from the folder where Panel_2x1/JLCPCB/ is located.
Note that you are asking for a ZIP file containing a folder named source that contains the files from ./Panel_2x1/JLCPCB/ and ./JLCPCB/.

You should check the files listing the files, i.e. using ls. Assuming you are using the script from #797

1. Open a terminal
2. Change to the working directory
3. Use ls Panel_2x1/JLCPCB/* to see if the files are there
4. Run KiBot using the third example

You might also want to specify absolute paths during tests.

[alextrical]

Hi @set-soft

Once again thank you for your assistance.
You are correct that I overlooked the error message, I was attempting to use it in a GitHub Action and didnt spot the warning.

I have created a basic test and can confrim that the 3rd snippet does indeed work as expected, in a folder structured like this

outputs:
  - name: JLCPCB_manufacturing_output
    type: compress
    options:
      format: ZIP
      files:
        - source: JLCPCB/*
          from_cwd: true
          dest: source
        - source: Panel_2x1/JLCPCB/*
          from_cwd: true
          dest: source

Though clearly I have mis calculated the working directory its running at inside of the GitHub action.

Thank you for your assistance in confirming that the function is suitable for my needs.

Many thanks
Ben J