(C) Zip Files in a Date Range

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Demonstrates how to use the Zip.MinDate and Zip.MaxDate properties to zip only those files with a last-modified date within a date range.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v10.0.0 or greater.

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#include <C_CkZip.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkZip zip;
    const char *zipPath;
    BOOL recurse;

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

    zip = CkZip_Create();

    zipPath = "c:/temp/qa_output/out.zip";

    // Initialize the zip object with the path of the .zip to be created.
    CkZip_NewZip(zip,zipPath);

    // The MinDate and MaxDate properties use the timestamp date/time string format.
    // Here are some examples:
    // YYYY-MM-DD (e.g., 2024-07-31)
    // YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS�HH:MM (e.g., 2024-07-31T12:34:56+02:00)
    // 2024-07-31T12:34:56Z (the "Z" denotes Zulu time, or UTC)

    // Only append files having a last-modified date greater than 1-Jan-2017
    CkZip_putMinDate(zip,"2017-01-01T00:00:00Z");

    // Also, only append files having a last-modified date less than the end of 2020
    CkZip_putMaxDate(zip,"2020-12-31T23:59:59Z");

    // You don't need to specify both MinDate and MaxDate.
    // You can specify only one or the other if needed.

    // The MinDate/MaxDate properties apply to all of the Chilkat methods for appending files.

    // Recursively append to the zip object the paths of the files and directories in a directory tree.
    // At this point we are not creating the .zip, nor are we reading the contents of the files.
    // We are simply appending references to the files and directories in the local filesystem
    // that will get processed when WriteZip is called.
    recurse = TRUE;
    success = CkZip_AppendFiles(zip,"c:/temp/files_to_zip",recurse);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkZip_lastErrorText(zip));
        CkZip_Dispose(zip);
        return;
    }

    CkZip_putFileName(zip,zipPath);
    success = CkZip_WriteZip(zip);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkZip_lastErrorText(zip));
        CkZip_Dispose(zip);
        return;
    }

    CkZip_CloseZip(zip);

    printf("Success\n");


    CkZip_Dispose(zip);

    }