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title: "Save Content To File System"
slug: "save-content-to-file-system"
updated: 2024-08-23T07:55:00Z
published: 2024-08-23T07:55:00Z
canonical: "help.mail-and-deploy.com/save-content-to-file-system"
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# Save Content To File System

### General

This type of action can be used to save content (such as external files or report documents) to the file system.

          NOTE

          

This type of action is not available in the SaaS version of Mail & Deploy.

### Properties

This type of action has the following properties:

| Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Content Type | The type of content you want to save to the file system (see below). |
| Output Path | An [Expression](/release35/docs/introduction-to-mail-and-deploy-expressions) that evaluates to a string that contains the local or UNC path to save the content to. Mail & Deploy will automatically create required sub-directories. |

### Content Types

#### Saving a Report Document

You can save a report document (that you have previously created, for instance with a [Create Report Document Action](/release35/docs/create-report-document)) by setting the *Content Type* to *Report Document*. An additional property *Content* will be available where you can select the report document you want to save. The *Output Path* property must return the local or UNC file path including the file name.

#### Saving an External File

You can save an external file to the file system by setting the property *Content Type* to *External File*. A new property *Content Path* will be available which is an [Expression](/release35/docs/introduction-to-mail-and-deploy-expressions) that evaluates to a string that contains a local or UNC file path to the external file to save. The *Output Path* property must return the local or UNC file path including the file name.

#### Saving a File Collection

You can save all files of a [File Collection](/release35/docs/file-collections) by setting the property *Content Type* to *File Collection*. A new property *Content* will be available where you can select the file collection to save. The *Output Path* property must return the local or UNC path to the directory to which to save the files contained in the file collection.

#### Saving a Zipped File Collection

You can save a ZIP file that contains all files of a [File Collection](/release35/docs/file-collections) by setting the property *Content Type* to *Zipped File Collection*. A new property *Content* will be available where you can select the file collection to zip and save. The *Output Path* property must return the local or UNC path including the file name of the ZIP file.