CkPython

Modify Name of File Stored within Zip when Creating a .zip

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Demonstrates how to create a zip where the filename within the .zip is different than the filename that was added from the filesystem. CkPython

import sys
import chilkat

success = False

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

zip = chilkat.CkZip()

# Intialize the zip object by calling NewZip.
success = zip.NewZip("myZip.zip")

# Add a reference to a file on disk to the zip object.
# (When appending files to a zip, the files are not actually
# read into memory.  References to the file(s) are added.
# When WriteZip is called, the referenced files are streamed in
# and compressed to the .zip.)
saveExtraPath = False
success = zip.AddFile("/temp/a/hamlet.xml",saveExtraPath)
if (success == False):
    print(zip.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

# The zip object references a single file.
# Retrieve the entry object...
entry = chilkat.CkZipEntry()
zip.EntryAt(0,entry)

# Set the entry's filename to anything you want:
entry.put_FileName("somethingElse.xml")

# Note: Internally, the zip component retains the name of
# the file referenced.  The current setting of the zip entry's
# FileName property is stored in the .zip when writing.

# The zip written here will contain somethingElse.xml
success = zip.WriteZipAndClose()
if (success != True):
    print(zip.lastErrorText())
else:
    print("Zip created!")