C

Zip One File

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Zip a single file. C

#include <C_CkZip.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkZip zip;
    BOOL saveExtraPath;

    success = FALSE;

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

    zip = CkZip_Create();

    success = CkZip_NewZip(zip,"test.zip");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkZip_lastErrorText(zip));
        CkZip_Dispose(zip);
        return;
    }

    // In this example, the file we wish to zip is /temp/abc123/HelloWorld123.txt

    // Add a reference to a single file by calling AddFile
    // Note: You may use either forward or backward slashes.
    saveExtraPath = FALSE;
    success = CkZip_AddFile(zip,"/temp/abc123/HelloWorld123.txt",saveExtraPath);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkZip_lastErrorText(zip));
        CkZip_Dispose(zip);
        return;
    }

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

    // A .zip containing "HelloWorld123.txt" with no path information has been created.
    printf("Zip Created!\n");

    // Perhaps you want to include a path in the .zip such that when unzipping, a sub-directory
    // is automatically created and the file unzipped into it.  Use PathPrefix:

    // (We'll skip checking the success/failure return value.)

    // Set a PathPrefix to get the relative path you want:
    // The .zip will contain this entry: "myApp/HelloWorld123.txt"
    success = CkZip_NewZip(zip,"test2.zip");
    CkZip_putPathPrefix(zip,"myApp/");
    success = CkZip_AddFile(zip,"/temp/abc123/HelloWorld123.txt",saveExtraPath);
    success = CkZip_WriteZipAndClose(zip);


    CkZip_Dispose(zip);

    }