Unicode C++

Zip -- Exclude Files Based on Wildcard Matching

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Demonstrates how to use the SetExclusions method to exclude matching files from being added to a .zip. Unicode C++

#include <CkZipW.h>
#include <CkStringArrayW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    CkZipW zip;

    success = zip.NewZip(L"qa_output/x.zip");

    // Let's add files from the directory tree rooted at C:\AAWorkarea\ChilkatSampleProjects

    // However.. we want to exclude all files ending in ".cache" or ".pdb" regardless of the sub-directory.
    // Also exclude all files under any "obj" directory,
    // and we also want to exclude any .exe found under a "win10-x64" directory.

    CkStringArrayW saExcludes;
    saExcludes.Append(L"*.cache");
    saExcludes.Append(L"*.pdb");
    saExcludes.Append(L"*/obj/*");
    saExcludes.Append(L"*/win10-x64/*.exe");
    zip.SetExclusions(saExcludes);

    // Append promises of paths and files to be zipped.
    bool recurse = true;
    success = zip.AppendFiles(L"c:/AAWorkArea/ChilkatSampleProjects/*",recurse);
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",zip.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // Create the zip from the file and directory promises added previously.
    success = zip.WriteZipAndClose();
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",zip.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"Success.\n");
    }