{"id":9500,"date":"2022-04-21T00:53:09","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T04:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=9500"},"modified":"2022-08-30T07:10:01","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T11:10:01","password":"","slug":"attaching-extra-files","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/docs\/attaching-extra-files\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding Extra Files"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Any load test run on RedLine13 (with the exception of the &#8220;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/docs\/simple-url-tests\/\">Simple URL Test<\/a><\/em>&#8221; type) supports extra files, with <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Comma-separated_values\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CSV<\/a> files and compressed archive having special context.  When a CSV file is uploaded, there is an option to \u201c<em>Split<\/em>\u201d that file across all load generators.  This works by dividing the file as evenly as possible (by whole line) with each load generator getting a different fragment of the file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/extra_file-1024x98.png\" alt=\"Specifying &quot;Extra Files&quot; as attachments\" class=\"wp-image-9918\" width=\"512\" height=\"49\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/extra_file-1024x98.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/extra_file-300x29.png 300w, https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/extra_file-768x74.png 768w, https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/extra_file-425x41.png 425w, https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/extra_file.png 1217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><figcaption>One or more &#8220;<em>Extra Files<\/em>&#8221; can be uploaded your RedLine13 tests as attachments.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Archive_file\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Compressed files<\/a> (*.<em>tar<\/em>, *.<em>tar<\/em>.<em>gz<\/em>, and *.<em>tgz<\/em>) can either be uploaded in their compressed form, or marked to be expanded after being uploaded to each load generator.  The &#8220;<em>Split<\/em>&#8221; option is replaced with &#8220;<em>Expand<\/em>&#8221; when an archive file is added as an extra file attachment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/expand_archive-1024x71.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10047\" width=\"512\" height=\"36\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/expand_archive-1024x71.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/expand_archive-300x21.png 300w, https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/expand_archive-768x53.png 768w, https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/expand_archive-425x29.png 425w, https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/expand_archive.png 1213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><figcaption>Similar to the above option for splitting CSV data files, the &#8220;<em>Expand<\/em>&#8221; option will decompress the archive contents into the root directory of the test.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Any load test run on RedLine13 (with the exception of the &#8220;Simple URL Test&#8221; type) supports extra files, with CSV files and compressed archive having special context. 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