The directory can be obtained using $galaxyData.extra_files_path (be
sure to check it exists before zipping it up).
I would discourage re-using Galaxy components directly from inside of
a tool or tool wrapper - but if you want to reference that code it is
actually inside of the datatypes module -
Hi all,
We have a local tool which role is to transfer (ie copy) a dataset file to a
directory on our NFS. This is extremely convenient as it can be included within
workflows and therefore save the time of clicking download button (we also have
configurable renaming/compression as part of
