(Perl) Zip a Directory Tree

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

Chilkat Perl Downloads Perl Module for Windows, MacOS, Linux, Alpine Linux, Solaris

use chilkat();

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

$zip = chilkat::CkZip->new();

$success = $zip->NewZip("test.zip");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# 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.

$recurse = 1;
$success = $zip->AppendFiles("c:/temp/a/*",$recurse);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $zip->WriteZipAndClose();
if ($success != 1) {
    print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "Zip Created!" . "\r\n";