Lua Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

List Files in Zip using EntryAt / GetNext

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Demonstrates how to iterate over the files and directories in a zip archive using EntryAt/GetNext. Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

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

local zip = chilkat.Zip.new()

local success = zip:open_zip("qa_data/zips/xml_files.zip")
if not success then
    print(zip.last_error_text)
    return
end

local entry = chilkat.ZipEntry.new()
local hasMoreEntries = zip:entry_at(0, entry)
while hasMoreEntries do
    if not entry.is_directory then
        print(entry.file_name)
    else
        print("(directory) " .. entry.file_name)
    end

    hasMoreEntries = entry:get_next()
end

-- Sample output showing both file and directory entries:

-- a1.xml
-- b1.xml
-- c1.xml
-- (directory) dir1/
-- dir1/a2.xml
-- dir1/c2.xml
-- (directory) dir2/
-- (directory) dir2/dir3/
-- dir2/dir3/c3.xml