(PowerShell) List Files in Zip using FirstEntry/NextEntry

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Demonstrates how to iterate over the files and directories in a zip archive using the FirstEntry and NextEntry functions.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

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

$zip = New-Object Chilkat.Zip

$success = $zip.OpenZip("qa_data/zips/xml_files.zip")
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($zip.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$entry = $zip.FirstEntry()
if ($zip.LastMethodSuccess -eq $false) {
    $("This zip archive is empty.")
    exit
}

$finished = $false
while ($finished -eq $false) {

    if ($entry.IsDirectory -eq $false) {
        $($entry.FileName)
    }
    else {
        $("(directory) " + $entry.FileName)
    }

    $next = $entry.NextEntry()
    if ($entry.LastMethodSuccess -eq $false) {
        $finished = $true
    }

    $entry = $next
}

# Sample output showing both file and directory entries:

# a1.xml
# b1.xml
# c1.xml
# (directory) dir1/
# dir1/a2.xml
# dir1/c2.xml
# (directory) dir2/
# (directory) dir2/dir3/
# dir2/dir3/c3.xml