(Node.js) List Files in Zip using FirstEntry/NextEntry

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Demonstrates how to iterate over the files and directories in a zip archive using the FirstEntry and NextEntry functions.

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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/xml_files.zip");
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(zip.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // entry: ZipEntry
    var entry = zip.FirstEntry();
    if (zip.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
        console.log("This zip archive is empty.");
        return;
    }

    var finished = false;
    while (finished == false) {

        if (entry.IsDirectory == false) {
            console.log(entry.FileName);
        }
        else {
            console.log("(directory) " + entry.FileName);
        }

        // next: ZipEntry
        var next = entry.NextEntry();
        if (entry.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
            finished = true;
        }

        entry = next;
    }

    // Sample output showing both file and directory entries:

    // a1.xml
    // b1.xml
    // c1.xml
    // (directory) dir1/
    // dir1/a2.xml
    // dir1/c2.xml
    // (directory) dir2/
    // (directory) dir2/dir3/
    // dir2/dir3/c3.xml

}

chilkatExample();