C++

Zip a Directory Tree

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Demonstrates how to zip an entire directory tree into a .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;

    success = zip.NewZip("test.zip");
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << zip.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // Append a directory tree.  The call to AppendFiles does
    // not read the file contents or append them to the zip
    // object in memory.  It simply appends references
    // to the files so that when WriteZip or WriteZipAndClose 
    // is called, the referenced files are streamed and compressed
    // into the .zip output file.

    bool recurse = true;
    success = zip.AppendFiles("c:/temp/a/*",recurse);
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << zip.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    success = zip.WriteZipAndClose();
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << zip.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    std::cout << "Zip Created!" << "\r\n";
    }