Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

Zip -- Exclude Files Based on Wildcard Matching

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Demonstrates how to use the SetExclusions method to exclude matching files from being added to a .zip. Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

program ChilkatDemo;

// Demonstrates using the Chilkat Pascal wrapper via the C bridge DLL.
// Builds as a console application under Lazarus (FPC) or Delphi.

{$IFDEF FPC}
  {$MODE DELPHI}
{$ENDIF}
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  {$IFDEF UNIX}
  cthreads,
  {$ENDIF}
  SysUtils,
  CkDllLoader,
  Chilkat.StringArray,
  Chilkat.Zip;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  zip: TZip;
  saExcludes: TStringArray;
  recurse: Boolean;

begin
  success := False;

  zip := TZip.Create;

  success := zip.NewZip('qa_output/x.zip');

  //  Let's add files from the directory tree rooted at C:\AAWorkarea\ChilkatSampleProjects

  //  However.. we want to exclude all files ending in ".cache" or ".pdb" regardless of the sub-directory.
  //  Also exclude all files under any "obj" directory,
  //  and we also want to exclude any .exe found under a "win10-x64" directory.

  saExcludes := TStringArray.Create;
  saExcludes.Append('*.cache');
  saExcludes.Append('*.pdb');
  saExcludes.Append('*/obj/*');
  saExcludes.Append('*/win10-x64/*.exe');
  zip.SetExclusions(saExcludes);

  //  Append promises of paths and files to be zipped.
  recurse := True;
  success := zip.AppendFiles('c:/AAWorkArea/ChilkatSampleProjects/*',recurse);
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(zip.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Create the zip from the file and directory promises added previously.
  success := zip.WriteZipAndClose();
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(zip.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  WriteLn('Success.');


  zip.Free;
  saExcludes.Free;

end;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

begin

  try
    RunDemo;
  except
    on E: Exception do
      WriteLn('Unhandled exception: ', E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;

  WriteLn;
  {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
  WriteLn('Press Enter to exit...');
  ReadLn;
  {$ENDIF}
end.