Perl Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

List Files/Directories in Zip by Index

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Demonstrates how to iterate over the files and directories in a zip archive by index. Chilkat2 Perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Chilkat2;

# This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

my $zip = Chilkat2::Zip->new;

my $success = $zip->OpenZip('qa_data/zips/sample.zip');
if (!$success) {
    print $zip->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

my $numEntries = $zip->NumEntries;

my $entry = Chilkat2::ZipEntry->new;

my $i = 0;
while ($i < $numEntries) {
    $zip->EntryAt($i, $entry);
    # Note: In the ZIP file format, it is not required for a ZIP file to contain explicit directory entries.
    # However, explicit directory entries can be included for convenience and compatibility with certain ZIP file processing tools and software.
    # An explicit directory entry in a ZIP file is an entry that specifically represents a directory, rather than a file.
    # It usually has a directory name with a trailing slash (/) and zero-length content.
    if ($entry->IsDirectory) {
        print $i, ': ', $entry->FileName, " (directory)\n";
    } else {
        print $i, ': ', $entry->FileName, "\n";
    }

    $i = $i + 1;
}

# Sample output:

# 0: aaa/ (directory)
# 1: aaa/pigs.json
# 2: bbb/ (directory)
# 3: bbb/base64Cert.txt
# 4: bbb/sub1/ (directory)
# 5: bbb/sub1/brasil_cert.pem
# 6: bbb/sub2/ (directory)
# 7: bbb/sub2/penguins.gif
# 8: bbb/sub2/starfish.jpg
# 9: hamlet.xml
# 10: hello.pdf

$zip->CloseZip();