(C#) Unzip

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Unzip a zip archive, creating the subfolders as needed.

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

Chilkat.Zip zip = new Chilkat.Zip();

bool success = zip.OpenZip("qa_data/zips/sample.zip");
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Unzip to c:/temp/testDir
// If c:/temp/testDir does not yet exist, it will be auto-created.
int numFilesUnzipped = zip.Unzip("c:/temp/testDir");
if (numFilesUnzipped < 0) {
    Debug.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// If, for example, the zip contained these files:

// aaa/pigs.json
// bbb/base64Cert.txt
// bbb/sub1/brasil_cert.pem
// bbb/sub2/penguins.gif
// bbb/sub2/starfish.jpg
// hamlet.xml
// hello.pdf

// then after unzipping, the following files will be created:

// c:/temp/testDir/aaa/pigs.json
// c:/temp/testDir/bbb/base64Cert.txt
// c:/temp/testDir/bbb/sub1/brasil_cert.pem
// c:/temp/testDir/bbb/sub2/penguins.gif
// c:/temp/testDir/bbb/sub2/starfish.jpg
// c:/temp/testDir/hamlet.xml
// c:/temp/testDir/hello.pdf

zip.CloseZip();