(Ruby) Unzip a .zip Archive

Demonstrates how to open a .zip archive and unzip. The Unzip method extracts the files and directories from a .zip archive and recreates the directory tree rooted at the directory path passed to Unzip.

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require 'chilkat'

zip = Chilkat::CkZip.new()

#  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
success = zip.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
if (success != true)
    print zip.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

success = zip.OpenZip("my_files.zip")
if (success != true)
    print zip.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

#  Returns the number of files and directories unzipped.
#  Unzips to /my_files, re-creating the directory tree
#  from the .zip.
unzipCount = zip.Unzip("/my_files")
if (unzipCount < 0)
    print zip.lastErrorText() + "\n";
else
    print "Success!" + "\n";
end