Zig Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

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. Zig

const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

    var success: bool = false;

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

    const zip = try chilkat.Zip.init();
    defer zip.deinit();

    // Intialize the zip object by calling NewZip.
    success = if (zip.newZip("myZip.zip")) true else |_| false;

    // 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.)
    const save_extra_path = false;
    success = if (zip.addFile("/temp/a/hamlet.xml", save_extra_path)) true else |_| false;
    if (!success) {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try zip.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    }

    // The zip object references a single file.
    // Retrieve the entry object...
    const entry = try chilkat.ZipEntry.init();
    defer entry.deinit();
    zip.entryAt(0, entry) catch {};

    // Set the entry's filename to anything you want:
    entry.setFileName("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 = if (zip.writeZipAndClose()) true else |_| false;
    if (!success) {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try zip.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
    } else {
        std.debug.print("Zip created!\n", .{});
    }
}