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Importing a zip file ie a folder ; what happens next

jjk_saji — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:33:12 GMT

Hi All I am evaluating Alfresco community edition 3.4.c I have a big size folder in my local drive, I want it in my DM. For this purpose I had ziped the folder , then imported to the SPACENow after some time, I could see the "ZIP" file as ZIP file, I thought when I import, it will unzip th

Re: Importing a zip file ie a folder ; what happens next

ukdavo — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:56:15 GMT

I think that you would need to develop a new action to unzip the imported Zip archive (which could be triggered by a rule on a space).

Some Import/Export options are detailed at http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Export_and_Import.

Alternatively there's a bulk import utility - http://code.google.com/p/alfresco-bulk-filesystem-import.

Regards

Re: Importing a zip file ie a folder ; what happens next

lotharmärkle — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 11:13:28 GMT

Well, you can unzip a zip file on upload in Alfresco Explorer using the Import Dialog. It is accessible through the "More Actions" menu -> "Import" from any space. This is intended for acp files, but can be used for zip files as well. Very useful sometimes, indeed.

Re: Importing a zip file ie a folder ; what happens next

jjk_saji — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 07:33:00 GMT

Thanks Ukdavo,Lothar
Now I have the folders unzipped in the space,But when the time I had imported the file only the zip file was showing on the SPACE. May be because of the huge size of file it took time

Re: Importing a zip file ie a folder ; what happens next

andyux — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:40:36 GMT

Lothar, i can import zip files, but they are not unzipping automatically. I dont know ho to do that automatically OR manually. Dont see any options in the import dialog. Thanks for any guidance.

Re: Importing a zip file ie a folder ; what happens next

lotharmärkle — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:33:45 GMT

Hi,

the unzipping happens during import. Please check that you use the explorer UI and second, the Import-Action Dialog and not the regular "Add Content" Dialog.

regards

Re: Importing a zip file ie a folder ; what happens next

muthukimoses — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 12:07:01 GMT

it should unzip automatically. try and refresh.