VBScript

Gzip a File

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Demonstrates how to create a .gz (gzipped file). VBScript

Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

success = 0

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

set gzip = CreateObject("Chilkat.Gzip")

' This will create a .gz such that when ungzipped by a tool such as 7-Zip,
' it will create "qa_data/hamlet.xml".
success = gzip.CompressFile("qa_data/hamlet.xml","qa_output/hamlet.xml.gz")
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(gzip.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Call CompressFile2 to explicitly specify the ungzip path
' For example, this will create a .gz such that when ungzipped by a tool such as 7-Zip,
' it will create "hamlet.xml".
embeddedExtractPath = "hamlet.xml"
success = gzip.CompressFile2("qa_data/hamlet.xml",embeddedExtractPath,"qa_output/hamlet2.xml.gz")
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(gzip.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine("Success.")

outFile.Close