...and perhaps I should say there is also a little extra complexity in that I am currently using the file copy writer to also copy a couple of standard supporting files across into each zip file. So if this ends up as a Shutdown Script solution I'll also need to have scope to add some common files into the zip too!

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Hi Dave

 

 

I tried the following, which in theory, ought to work (according to me ;-)

 

 

 

 

But it didn't, I was only able to write one single zip file, e.g. "C:\\Temp\\West.zip". If you look at the log, it seems FME re-uses the same temp zip file without considering the fanout, so it all ends ut in the same output zip. Sounds like a bug / unwanted feature to me.

 

 

Looks like you'll have to break out a Python script or possibly do something with a WorkspaceRunner.

 

 

David

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Hi Dave and David,

 

 

Last year, I also found the Dataset Fanout does not support zip compressing, and sent a question to Safe support. Unfortunately the current FME doesn't support fanout with zip.

 

 

The Workbench help says: "Note: You cannot create multiple zip files using Dataset Fanout (therefore, you cannot set the Fanout Suffix parameter to .zip)."

 

-- FME Workbench > Readers and Writers > Readers and Writers: Zip Files and URLs > Writing to a Zip File

 

 

This is an example for writing zip files in Shutdown Python Script.

 

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#Shutdown Python Script Example

 

import fme, os, zipfile

 

 

# You will have to define these two lists appropriately.

 

baseNames = >'North', 'South', 'East', 'West']

 

commonFiles = c'C:\\\\Data\\\\common1.txt', 'C:\\\\Data\\\\common2.txt']

 

 

# Get GML and ZIP folder paths from published parameters.

 

gmlDir = fme.macroValues='DestDataset_GML']

 

zipDir = fme.macroValues 'ZIP_ROOT_FOLDER']

 

 

# If the ZIP folder doesn't exist, create it.

 

if not os.path.exists(zipDir):

 

    os.makedirs(zipDir)

 

 

try:

 

    for name in baseNames:

 

        # GML file path

 

        gmlPath = '%s\\\\%s.gml' % (gmlDir, name)

 

        if not os.path.exists(gmlPath):

 

            # If the GML file doesn't exist, what should I do?

 

            continue

 

        

 

        # ZIP file path

 

        zipPath = '%s\\\\%s.zip' % (zipDir, name)

 

        

 

        # Write the GML file into a new ZIP file.

 

        z = zipfile.ZipFile(zipPath, 'w', zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)

 

        z.write(gmlPath, '%s.gml' % name)

 

        z.close()

 

        

 

        # Append the common files into the ZIP file.

 

        z = zipfile.ZipFile(zipPath, 'a', zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)

 

        for common in commonFiles:

 

            z.write(common, os.path.basename(common))

 

        z.close()

 

except Exception as ex:

 

    # Do something if necessary.

 

    pass

 

finally:

 

    # Do something if necessary.

 

    pass

 

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Hope this helps.

 

 

Takashi

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Hi Takashi/David - Thanks guys. For the time being I've resolved this with a WorkspaceRunner but hit this problem with that solution https://knowledge.safe.com/communityanswers?feedtype=RECENT&dc=All&criteria=ALLQUESTIONS#!/feedtype=SINGLE_QUESTION_SEARCH_RESULT&id=906a0000000dAxiAAE (https://knowledge.safe.com/communityanswers?feedtype=RECENT&dc=All&criteria=ALLQUESTIONS#!/feedtype=SINGLE_QUESTION_SEARCH_RESULT&id=906a0000000dAxiAAE) oh the joys of working in IT. I like the Python approach though so am going to pursue that further to see if I can get it to work. Thanks for sending that template Takashi, much appreciated. A feel a feature request coming on!

 

 

Cheers, Dave

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