Java

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. Chilkat2 Java

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.StringArray;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Zip;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Zip zip = new Zip();

        zip.newZip("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.

        StringArray saExcludes = new StringArray();
        saExcludes.append("*.cache");
        saExcludes.append("*.pdb");
        saExcludes.append("*/obj/*");
        saExcludes.append("*/win10-x64/*.exe");
        zip.setExclusions(saExcludes);

        // Append promises of paths and files to be zipped.
        boolean recurse = true;
        try {
            zip.appendFiles("c:/AAWorkArea/ChilkatSampleProjects/*", recurse);

            // Create the zip from the file and directory promises added previously.
            zip.writeZipAndClose();
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        System.out.println("Success.");
    }
}