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Gotcha - incorrect file properties when reading data directly from a ZIP file

  • 16 January 2020
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Not really a question but a warning...

Reading data directly from inside a ZIP file is great, but there are a few issues that can catch you out. Firstly, you need enough space in the FME_TEMP folder to extract the entire contents of the ZIP file, which can be annoying if you only want one file. Read and vote for my idea on this here:

https://knowledge.safe.com/idea/100199/reading-from-zip-files-extract-only-file-specified.html

Secondly, I've discovered that if you read data from inside a ZIP file using the File and Pathnames Reader, the metadata about the files will be based on the extracted data in FME_TEMP, not the original ZIP file location or properties of the files inside (such as the date created). So in the screenshot below, the path is the FME_TEMP folder, not the original source folder. And the created, modified and accessed dates are all today, because that's when I ran the Workspace and therefore when the data was extracted from the ZIP to the FME_TEMP folder.


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