(CkPython) Unzip

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Unzip a zip archive, creating the subfolders as needed.

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import sys
import chilkat

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

zip = chilkat.CkZip()

success = zip.OpenZip("qa_data/zips/sample.zip")
if (success != True):
    print(zip.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

# Unzip to c:/temp/testDir
# If c:/temp/testDir does not yet exist, it will be auto-created.
numFilesUnzipped = zip.Unzip("c:/temp/testDir")
if (numFilesUnzipped < 0):
    print(zip.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

# If, for example, the zip contained these files:

# aaa/pigs.json
# bbb/base64Cert.txt
# bbb/sub1/brasil_cert.pem
# bbb/sub2/penguins.gif
# bbb/sub2/starfish.jpg
# hamlet.xml
# hello.pdf

# then after unzipping, the following files will be created:

# c:/temp/testDir/aaa/pigs.json
# c:/temp/testDir/bbb/base64Cert.txt
# c:/temp/testDir/bbb/sub1/brasil_cert.pem
# c:/temp/testDir/bbb/sub2/penguins.gif
# c:/temp/testDir/bbb/sub2/starfish.jpg
# c:/temp/testDir/hamlet.xml
# c:/temp/testDir/hello.pdf

zip.CloseZip()