(Objective-C) Zip a Directory Tree

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

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#import <CkoZip.h>

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

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

BOOL success = [zip NewZip: @"test.zip"];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",zip.LastErrorText);
    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.

BOOL recurse = YES;
success = [zip AppendFiles: @"c:/temp/a/*" recurse: recurse];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",zip.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

success = [zip WriteZipAndClose];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",zip.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

NSLog(@"%@",@"Zip Created!");