Xbase++

Unzip all Files to a Single Directory (Ignoring Subdirectories in Zip)

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Demonstrates how to unzip all files into a single directory, ignoring the internal directory structure of the files in the .zip. Xbase++

LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL cOutDir
LOCAL oFac
LOCAL oZip
LOCAL nNumUnzipped

nSuccess := 0

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

cOutDir := "c:/temp/testUnzipDir"

//  Make sure our output directory exists.
oFac := CreateObject("Chilkat.FileAccess")
nSuccess := oFac:DirEnsureExists(cOutDir)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oFac:LastErrorText
    oFac:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

oZip := CreateObject("Chilkat.Zip")

//  In this example, the xml_files.zip contains some files in the subdirectories "dir1" and also "dir2/dir3".

//  a1.xml
//  b1.xml
//  c1.xml
//  dir1/a2.xml
//  dir1/c2.xml
//  dir2/dir3/c3.xml

nSuccess := oZip:OpenZip("qa_data/zips/xml_files.zip")
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oZip:LastErrorText
    oFac:destroy()
    oZip:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Unzip all files into the directory c:/temp/testUnzipDir
nNumUnzipped := oZip:UnzipInto(cOutDir)
IF (nNumUnzipped < 0)
    ? oZip:LastErrorText
    oFac:destroy()
    oZip:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

? "Num unzipped = " + Str(nNumUnzipped)

//  After unzipping via UnzipInto, we have this:

//  c:\temp\testUnzipDir\a1.xml
//  c:\temp\testUnzipDir\b1.xml
//  c:\temp\testUnzipDir\c1.xml
//  c:\temp\testUnzipDir\a2.xml
//  c:\temp\testUnzipDir\c2.xml
//  c:\temp\testUnzipDir\c3.xml

oZip:CloseZip()

? "Success."

oFac:destroy()
oZip:destroy()