(C) 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.

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#include <C_CkFileAccess.h>
#include <C_CkZip.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    const char *outDir;
    HCkFileAccess fac;
    BOOL success;
    HCkZip zip;
    int numUnzipped;

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

    outDir = "c:/temp/testUnzipDir";

    // Make sure our output directory exists.
    fac = CkFileAccess_Create();
    success = CkFileAccess_DirEnsureExists(fac,outDir);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkFileAccess_lastErrorText(fac));
        CkFileAccess_Dispose(fac);
        return;
    }

    zip = CkZip_Create();

    // 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 = CkZip_OpenZip(zip,"qa_data/zips/xml_files.zip");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkZip_lastErrorText(zip));
        CkFileAccess_Dispose(fac);
        CkZip_Dispose(zip);
        return;
    }

    // Unzip all files into the directory c:/temp/testUnzipDir
    numUnzipped = CkZip_UnzipInto(zip,outDir);
    if (numUnzipped < 0) {
        printf("%s\n",CkZip_lastErrorText(zip));
        CkFileAccess_Dispose(fac);
        CkZip_Dispose(zip);
        return;
    }

    printf("Num unzipped = %d\n",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

    CkZip_CloseZip(zip);

    printf("Success.\n");


    CkFileAccess_Dispose(fac);
    CkZip_Dispose(zip);

    }