(Objective-C) Zip -- Exclude Files Based on Wildcard Matching

Demonstrates how to use the SetExclusions method to exclude matching files from being added to a .zip.

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#import <CkoZip.h>
#import <CkoStringArray.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: @"qa_output/x.zip"];

// Let's add files from the directory tree rooted at C:\AAWorkarea\ChilkatSampleProjects

// However.. we want to exclude all files ending in ".cache" or ".pdb" regardless of the sub-directory.
// Also exclude all files under any "obj" directory,
// and we also want to exclude any .exe found under a "win10-x64" directory.

CkoStringArray *saExcludes = [[CkoStringArray alloc] init];
[saExcludes Append: @"*.cache"];
[saExcludes Append: @"*.pdb"];
[saExcludes Append: @"*/obj/*"];
[saExcludes Append: @"*/win10-x64/*.exe"];
[zip SetExclusions: saExcludes];

// Append promises of paths and files to be zipped.
BOOL recurse = YES;
success = [zip AppendFiles: @"c:/AAWorkArea/ChilkatSampleProjects/*" recurse: recurse];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",zip.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Create the zip from the file and directory promises added previously.
success = [zip WriteZipAndClose];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",zip.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

NSLog(@"%@",@"Success.");