Chilkat2-Python

Change a Filename before Unzipping

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How to open a zip and modify the filename of one or more files within the zip before unzipping. Chilkat2-Python

import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

# This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

zip = chilkat2.Zip()

success = zip.OpenZip("test.zip")
if (success == False):
    print(zip.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

entry = chilkat2.ZipEntry()

success = zip.EntryOf("hamlet.xml",entry)
if (success == False):
    print(zip.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

entry.FileName = "hamlet2.xml"

success = zip.EntryOf("helloWorld.pl",entry)
if (success == False):
    print(zip.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

entry.FileName = "hw.pl"

# Now unzip to the "test" subdirectory, under our current
# working directory:
numFilesUnzipped = zip.Unzip("test")
if (numFilesUnzipped < 0):
    print(zip.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# The filenames within the .zip are unchanged, but it unzipped
# test/hw.pl and test/hamlet2.xm