Zip a Directory Tree

Demonstrates how to zip an entire directory tree into a .zip archive.

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require 'chilkat'

zip = Chilkat::CkZip.new()

#  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
success = zip.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
if (success != true)
    print zip.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

success = zip.NewZip("test.zip")
if (success != true)
    print zip.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

#  Append a directory tree.  The call to AppendFiles does
#  not read the file contents or append them to the zip
#  object in memory.  It simply appends references
#  to the files so that when WriteZip or WriteZipAndClose
#  is called, the referenced files are streamed and compressed
#  into the .zip output file.

recurse = true
success = zip.AppendFiles("c:/temp/a/*",recurse)
if (success != true)
    print zip.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

success = zip.WriteZipAndClose()
if (success != true)
    print zip.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

print "Zip Created!" + "\n"