B4X

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. B4X

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim outDir As String = "c:/temp/testUnzipDir"

'  Make sure our output directory exists.
Dim fac As ChilkatFileAccess
fac.Initialize
success = fac.DirEnsureExists(outDir)
If success = False Then
    Log(fac.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Dim zip As ChilkatZip
zip.Initialize("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

success = zip.OpenZip("qa_data/zips/xml_files.zip")
If success = False Then
    Log(zip.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Unzip all files into the directory c:/temp/testUnzipDir
Dim numUnzipped As Int = zip.UnzipInto(outDir)
If numUnzipped < 0 Then
    Log(zip.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Log("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

Log("Success.")