(Objective-C) Zip and Keep Open

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Zip a directory tree by calling WriteZip instead of WriteZipAndClose. When WriteZip is called, the created zip is automatically opened and the zip object contains references to the compressed zip entries (mapped entries) contained within the .zip.

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#import <CkoZip.h>
#import <NSString.h>
#import <CkoZipEntry.h>

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

CkoZip *zip = [[CkoZip alloc] init];
BOOL success;

NSString *zipPath = @"c:/temp/myFiles.zip";

// Initialize the zip object, which also sets the FileName property to the path of the zip to be created.
[zip NewZip: zipPath];

// Append references to files to be zipped.
BOOL recurse = YES;
success = [zip AppendFiles: @"c:/temp/files_to_zip/*" recurse: recurse];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",zip.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Write the .zip, but don't close the zip file.
// The zip file we just created is automatically opened and the zip object
// now contains entries that are contained within the zip.  (They are memory-mapped entries)
success = [zip WriteZip];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",zip.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

NSLog(@"%@%@",@"Successfully created ",zipPath);

// Let's look at what's in the .zip we just created..

int numEntries = [zip.NumEntries intValue];
int i = 0;

CkoZipEntry *entry = 0;

while (i < numEntries) {
    entry = [zip GetEntryByIndex: [NSNumber numberWithInt: i]];
    if (entry.IsDirectory) {
        NSLog(@"%d%@%@%@",i,@": ",entry.FileName,@" (directory)");
    }
    else {
        NSLog(@"%d%@%@",i,@": ",entry.FileName);
    }

    i = i + 1;
}

// Close the zip file when finished.
[zip CloseZip];