Perl Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Zip One File

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Zip a single file. Perl

use chilkat();

$success = 0;

#  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 == 0) {
    print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  In this example, the file we wish to zip is /temp/abc123/HelloWorld123.txt

#  Add a reference to a single file by calling AddFile
#  Note: You may use either forward or backward slashes.
$saveExtraPath = 0;
$success = $zip->AddFile("/temp/abc123/HelloWorld123.txt",$saveExtraPath);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $zip->WriteZipAndClose();
if ($success == 0) {
    print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  A .zip containing "HelloWorld123.txt" with no path information has been created.
print "Zip Created!" . "\r\n";

#  Perhaps you want to include a path in the .zip such that when unzipping, a sub-directory
#  is automatically created and the file unzipped into it.  Use PathPrefix:

#  (We'll skip checking the success/failure return value.)

#  Set a PathPrefix to get the relative path you want:
#  The .zip will contain this entry: "myApp/HelloWorld123.txt";
$success = $zip->NewZip("test2.zip");
$zip->put_PathPrefix("myApp/");
$success = $zip->AddFile("/temp/abc123/HelloWorld123.txt",$saveExtraPath);
$success = $zip->WriteZipAndClose();