[enhancement]: ArchiveFiles should allow archiving files open for writting #21409
Description
Task name
Relax 7zip archiver
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We use the ArchiveFiles task to upload log files after an error, including timeouts. After a timeout, the log file can still be open for writing by our test runner. In such case 7zip fails with error:
Starting: Tests failed -- Compress logs ============================================================================== Task : Archive files Description : Compress files into .7z, .tar.gz, or .zip Version : 2.259.0 Author : Microsoft Corporation Help : https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/utility/archive-files ============================================================================== Found 1 files Archiving file: tests.log D:\a\_tasks\ArchiveFiles_d8b84976-e99a-4b86-b885-4849694435b0\2.259.0\7zip\7z.exe a -tzip -mx=5 D:\a\1\a\questdb-enterprise-merge-5fa4d8abc952cdf357704bbef1fa3a38b7225e36-1-Windows_NT-1.17.zip @D:\a\_temp\3hwktlk5ohp WARNING: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. 7-Zip 24.09 (x64) : Copyright (c) 1999-2024 Igor Pavlov : 2024-11-29 tests.log
7zip has a switch to archive files open for writing: https://7zip.bugaco.com/7zip/MANUAL/cmdline/switches/shared.htm
It would be nice if the ArchiveTask set this switch.