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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#include <C_CkZip.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkZip zip;
    BOOL success;
    long unzipCount;

    zip = CkZip_Create();

    //  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
    success = CkZip_UnlockComponent(zip,"Anything for 30-day trial");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkZip_lastErrorText(zip));
        return;
    }

    success = CkZip_OpenZip(zip,"my_files.zip");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkZip_lastErrorText(zip));
        return;
    }

    //  Returns the number of files and directories unzipped.
    //  Unzips to /my_files, re-creating the directory tree
    //  from the .zip.
    unzipCount = CkZip_Unzip(zip,"/my_files");
    if (unzipCount < 0) {
        printf("%s\n",CkZip_lastErrorText(zip));
    }
    else {
        printf("Success!\n");
    }


    CkZip_Dispose(zip);

    }