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Zip One File

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Zip a single file. Ruby

require 'chilkat'

success = false

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

zip = Chilkat::CkZip.new()

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

# In this example, the file we wish to zip is /temp/abc123/HelloWorld123.txt

# Add a reference to a single file by calling AddFile
# Note: You may use either forward or backward slashes.
saveExtraPath = false
success = zip.AddFile("/temp/abc123/HelloWorld123.txt",saveExtraPath)
if (success == false)
    print zip.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

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

# A .zip containing "HelloWorld123.txt" with no path information has been created.
print "Zip Created!" + "\n";

# Perhaps you want to include a path in the .zip such that when unzipping, a sub-directory
# is automatically created and the file unzipped into it.  Use PathPrefix:

# (We'll skip checking the success/failure return value.)

# Set a PathPrefix to get the relative path you want:
# The .zip will contain this entry: "myApp/HelloWorld123.txt"
success = zip.NewZip("test2.zip")
zip.put_PathPrefix("myApp/")
success = zip.AddFile("/temp/abc123/HelloWorld123.txt",saveExtraPath)
success = zip.WriteZipAndClose()