Create Zip 2.0 Encrypted Zip (Password-Protected)

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Perl script to create a Zip 2.0 encrypted archive (i.e. a password-protected Zip)

# file: ZipPasswordProtected.pl

use chilkat;

# Create a password-protected $zip->  (Password protection is the old-style
# Zip encryption.  It is somewhat insecure.  It is *not* AES encryption.

$zip = new chilkat::CkZip();
$zip->UnlockComponent("anything for 30-day trial");

$zip->put_PasswordProtect(true);
$zip->SetPassword("secret");

$zip->NewZip("passwordProtected.zip");
$zip->AppendFiles("exampleData/*",true);
$zip->WriteZip();