(Node.js) Unzip

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Unzip a zip archive, creating the subfolders as needed.

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var os = require('os');
if (os.platform() == 'win32') {  
  var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-win64'); 
} else if (os.platform() == 'linux') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-linux-arm');
    } else if (os.arch() == 'arm64') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-linux-arm64');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-linux-x64');
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'darwin') {
  var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-mac-universal');
}

function chilkatExample() {

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

    var zip = new chilkat.Zip();

    var success = zip.OpenZip("qa_data/zips/sample.zip");
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(zip.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Unzip to c:/temp/testDir
    // If c:/temp/testDir does not yet exist, it will be auto-created.
    var numFilesUnzipped = zip.Unzip("c:/temp/testDir");
    if (numFilesUnzipped < 0) {
        console.log(zip.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // If, for example, the zip contained these files:

    // aaa/pigs.json
    // bbb/base64Cert.txt
    // bbb/sub1/brasil_cert.pem
    // bbb/sub2/penguins.gif
    // bbb/sub2/starfish.jpg
    // hamlet.xml
    // hello.pdf

    // then after unzipping, the following files will be created:

    // c:/temp/testDir/aaa/pigs.json
    // c:/temp/testDir/bbb/base64Cert.txt
    // c:/temp/testDir/bbb/sub1/brasil_cert.pem
    // c:/temp/testDir/bbb/sub2/penguins.gif
    // c:/temp/testDir/bbb/sub2/starfish.jpg
    // c:/temp/testDir/hamlet.xml
    // c:/temp/testDir/hello.pdf

    zip.CloseZip();

}

chilkatExample();