(Perl) Add Multiple Files to a ZIP Using AppendFiles

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This example demonstrates how to use the AppendFiles method to add multiple files matching wildcard patterns to a ZIP archive.

The example adds:

• All .txt files from one directory.
• All .xml files recursively from another directory tree.

The AppendFiles method adds references to matching files in the local filesystem. The files are not actually read or compressed until a Write* method is called.

When recursive mode is enabled (recurse = 1), relative subdirectory paths are preserved within the ZIP archive.

For example, suppose the local filesystem contains the following directory tree:

c:/data/invoices/2024/january/inv001.xml
c:/data/invoices/2024/january/inv002.xml
c:/data/invoices/2024/february/inv003.xml

And the following call is made:

zip.AppendFiles("c:/data/*.xml",1);

Then the following paths will be stored in the ZIP archive:

invoices/2024/january/inv001.xml
invoices/2024/january/inv002.xml
invoices/2024/february/inv003.xml

The portion of the path preceding the wildcard root (c:/data/) is not stored in the ZIP archive.

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use chilkat();

$success = 0;

$zip = chilkat::CkZip->new();

$success = $zip->NewZip("appendFilesExample.zip");
if ($success == 0) {
    print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Add all .txt files from c:/reports.
# Subdirectories are not included because recurse=ckfalse.
$success = $zip->AppendFiles("c:/reports/*.txt",0);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Add all .xml files recursively from c:/data.
# Relative subdirectory paths are preserved within the ZIP archive.
$success = $zip->AppendFiles("c:/data/*.xml",1);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Write the ZIP archive to disk and close it.
# The source files are consumed at this time.
$success = $zip->WriteZipAndClose();
if ($success == 0) {
    print $zip->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "ZIP archive created successfully." . "\r\n";