Create a .zip, clearing the archive attribute of each file zipped (i.e. Incremental Backup).

How to create a .zip archive such that each file zipped will have it's archive file attribute cleared.

Download Chilkat Java Library

import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    CkZip zip = new CkZip();

    boolean success;

    //  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
    success = zip.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial");
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(zip.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    success = zip.NewZip("test.zip");
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(zip.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    //  Tell the component to clear each file's archive attribute
    //  when zipping.
    zip.put_ClearArchiveAttribute(true);

    //  Append a directory tree.
    //  Notice that the archiveOnly flag is set to true.  This
    //  means that only files with the "File is ready for archiving" bit
    //  set will be included.  (In Windows Explorer, right-click a file
    //  and select Properties.  Then click the Advanced button.  You'll
    //  see the "File is ready for archiving" checkbox.
    //  This becomes automatically checked whenever a file is modified (or created).
    //  The AppendFilesEx method will only add files ready for
    //  archiving, and the WriteZipAndClose method will clear the
    //  archive attribute for each file zipped.  The result is that
    //  each time you run this program, only the modified files are zipped.
    boolean recurse;
    recurse = true;
    boolean archiveOnly;
    archiveOnly = true;
    boolean includeHidden;
    includeHidden = true;
    boolean includeSystem;
    includeSystem = true;
    boolean saveExtraPath;
    saveExtraPath = false;
    zip.AppendFilesEx("c:/temp/abc123/*",recurse,saveExtraPath,archiveOnly,includeHidden,includeSystem);

    success = zip.WriteZipAndClose();
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(zip.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    System.out.println("Zip Created!");
  }
}