(Go) Example for the Zip AppendNewDir Function

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Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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    success := false

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

    zip := Zip_Ref.html">chilkat.NewZip()

    zipPath := "c:/temp/test.zip"

    // Initialize the zip object, which also sets the FileName property to the path of the zip to be created.
    zip.NewZip(zipPath)

    // AddEmpty is used when you wish to add a directory or empty file to the zip
    // such that when the zip is unzipped, the directory will be created
    // even if it contains no files.

    dirFlag := true

    zip.AddEmpty(dirFlag,"dirA")
    zip.AddEmpty(dirFlag,"dirB")
    zip.AddEmpty(dirFlag,"dirC")

    // Write the zip, which contains 3 empty directories: dirA, dirB, dirC.
    zip.SetFileName(zipPath)
    success = zip.WriteZipAndClose()
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(zip.LastErrorText())
        zip.DisposeZip()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("Success.")

    zip.DisposeZip()