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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import sys
import chilkat

zip = chilkat.CkZip()

#  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
success = zip.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
if (success != True):
    print zip.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

success = zip.OpenZip("my_files.zip")
if (success != True):
    print zip.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

#  Returns the number of files and directories unzipped.
#  Unzips to /my_files, re-creating the directory tree
#  from the .zip.
unzipCount = zip.Unzip("/my_files")
if (unzipCount < 0):
    print zip.lastErrorText()
else:
    print "Success!"