ExtractFiles should allow overwriting destination

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Enter Task Name: ExtractFiles

Environment

• Server : Azure Pipelines

• Agent : Private : Windows Server 2019

Issue Description

Task fails if “Clean destination folder before extracting” is not checked and destination folder is not empty.

Task logs

2019-10-19T12:13:02.9307087Z ##[section]Starting: Extract files 
2019-10-19T12:13:02.9446365Z ==============================================================================
2019-10-19T12:13:02.9446437Z Task         : Extract files
2019-10-19T12:13:02.9446466Z Description  : Extract a variety of archive and compression files such as .7z, .rar, .tar.gz, and .zip
2019-10-19T12:13:02.9446510Z Version      : 1.151.1
2019-10-19T12:13:02.9446551Z Author       : Microsoft Corporation
2019-10-19T12:13:02.9446577Z Help         : https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/utility/extract-files
2019-10-19T12:13:02.9446604Z ==============================================================================
2019-10-19T12:13:03.2123419Z No path specified for search pattern: *.zip defaulting to: C:\azagent\A1\_work\r1\a
2019-10-19T12:13:03.2124863Z Searching for: *.zip under directory: C:\azagent\A1\_work\r1\a
2019-10-19T12:13:03.2200742Z Found: 1 files to extract:
2019-10-19T12:13:03.2200895Z C:\azagent\A1\_work\r1\a\Staging - CI\AssetToDeply\AssetToDeply.zip
2019-10-19T12:13:03.2207021Z Extracting file: C:\azagent\A1\_work\r1\a\Staging - CI\AssetToDeply\AssetToDeply.zip
2019-10-19T12:13:03.2219725Z [command]C:\azagent\A1\_work\_tasks\ExtractFiles_5e1e3830-fbfb-11e5-aab1-090c92bc4988\1.151.1\7zip\7z.exe x -oC:\Apps\AssetDest\dev C:\azagent\A1\_work\r1\a\Staging - CI\AssetToDeply\AssetToDeply.zip
2019-10-19T12:13:03.2435313Z 
2019-10-19T12:13:03.2435539Z 
2019-10-19T12:13:03.2435783Z ERROR: Can't allocate required memory!
2019-10-19T12:13:03.2435822Z 7-Zip [64] 16.00 : Copyright (c) 1999-2016 Igor Pavlov : 2016-05-10
2019-10-19T12:13:03.2435867Z 
2019-10-19T12:13:03.2435912Z Scanning the drive for archives:
2019-10-19T12:13:03.2435961Z 1 file, 35814372 bytes (35 MiB)
2019-10-19T12:13:03.2435994Z 
2019-10-19T12:13:03.2436042Z Extracting archive: C:\azagent\A1\_work\r1\a\Staging - CI\AssetToDeply\AssetToDeply.zip
2019-10-19T12:13:03.2436104Z --
2019-10-19T12:13:03.2436184Z Path = C:\azagent\A1\_work\r1\a\Staging - CI\AssetToDeply\AssetToDeply.zip
2019-10-19T12:13:03.2436216Z Type = zip
2019-10-19T12:13:03.2436292Z Physical Size = 35814372
2019-10-19T12:13:03.2436347Z 
2019-10-19T12:13:03.2436377Z 
2019-10-19T12:13:03.2436424Z Would you like to replace the existing file:
2019-10-19T12:13:03.2436475Z   Path:     C:\Apps\AssetDest\dev\Api.Abstractions.dll
2019-10-19T12:13:03.2436519Z   Size:     10240 bytes (10 KiB)
2019-10-19T12:13:03.2436548Z   Modified: 2019-10-19 10:16:40
2019-10-19T12:13:03.2436639Z with the file from archive:
2019-10-19T12:13:03.2436730Z   Path:     Api.Abstractions.dll
2019-10-19T12:13:03.2436761Z   Size:     10240 bytes (10 KiB)
2019-10-19T12:13:03.2436841Z   Modified: 2019-10-19 10:16:40
2019-10-19T12:13:03.2436915Z ? (Y)es / (N)o / (A)lways / (S)kip all / A(u)to rename all / (Q)uit? 
2019-10-19T12:13:03.2436981Z Archives with Errors: 1
2019-10-19T12:13:03.2437000Z 
2019-10-19T12:13:03.2438414Z code: 2

Troubleshooting

Need to add “-aoa” switch (Overwrite All existing files without prompt.) to 7zip command.

Related issues

• ExtractFiles failing in Release pipeline with ERROR: Can’t allocate required memory! #11135
• ExtractFiles to support override files on the target path #5522

[stephenmichaelf]

I will get this PR merged this week. Thanks!

[stephenmichaelf]

I was on call last week but I have time blocked on it today, I am going to open a new PR and will link to it here!