C++

Append Dir Tree to Existing Zip w/out Rewriting Entire Zip

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Demonstrates how to use the QuickAppend method to append a directory tree to an existing .zip archive. This method works by editing the existing .zip -- it does not rewrite or recompress the contents of the existing .zip. It is the fastest way to append additional files to a pre-existing large .zip archive. C++

#include <CkZip.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    CkZip zip;

    // The NewZip method only initializes the Zip object -- it does
    // not create or write a .zip file.
    success = zip.NewZip("notUsed.zip");
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << zip.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // Add a references to all files in a directory tree.
    // Note: this does not read or compress the file contents --
    // it simply adds file references to the zip object.
    bool recurse = true;
    success = zip.AppendFiles("c:/temp/abc123/*",recurse);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << zip.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // Appends the contents of the zip object to the preExisting.zip
    // zip archive.  preExisting.zip is opened, and the files
    // referenced by this zip object are streamed in, compressed,
    // and appended to the end of the archive.
    success = zip.QuickAppend("preExisting.zip");
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << zip.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    std::cout << "Success!" << "\r\n";

    // Note: Additional files, directory trees, or in-memory data
    // can be appended by calling AddFile, AppendFiles,
    // AddString, AddBd, AddSb, etc. multiple times.
    // Whatever files and/or in-memory data that are referenced by
    // this zip object will be appended to preExisting.zip when
    // QuickAppend is called
    }