(Go) Zip a Directory Tree

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

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

    zip := chilkat.NewZip()

    success := zip.NewZip("test.zip")
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println(zip.LastErrorText())
        zip.DisposeZip()
        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.

    recurse := true
    success = zip.AppendFiles("c:/temp/a/*",recurse)
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println(zip.LastErrorText())
        zip.DisposeZip()
        return
    }

    success = zip.WriteZipAndClose()
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println(zip.LastErrorText())
        zip.DisposeZip()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("Zip Created!")

    zip.DisposeZip()