Java

Unzip all Files to a Single Directory (Ignoring Subdirectories in Zip)

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Demonstrates how to unzip all files into a single directory, ignoring the internal directory structure of the files in the .zip. Chilkat2 Java

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

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
        // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

        String outDir = "c:/temp/testUnzipDir";

        // Make sure our output directory exists.
        FileAccess fac = new FileAccess();
        try {
            fac.dirEnsureExists(outDir);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        Zip zip = new Zip();

        // In this example, the xml_files.zip contains some files in the subdirectories "dir1" and also "dir2/dir3".

        // a1.xml
        // b1.xml
        // c1.xml
        // dir1/a2.xml
        // dir1/c2.xml
        // dir2/dir3/c3.xml

        try {
            zip.openZip("qa_data/zips/xml_files.zip");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // Unzip all files into the directory c:/temp/testUnzipDir
        int numUnzipped = zip.unzipInto(outDir);
        if (numUnzipped < 0) {
            System.out.println(zip.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        System.out.println("Num unzipped = " + numUnzipped);

        // After unzipping via UnzipInto, we have this:

        // c:\temp\testUnzipDir\a1.xml
        // c:\temp\testUnzipDir\b1.xml
        // c:\temp\testUnzipDir\c1.xml
        // c:\temp\testUnzipDir\a2.xml
        // c:\temp\testUnzipDir\c2.xml
        // c:\temp\testUnzipDir\c3.xml

        zip.closeZip();

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