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Unzip all Files to a Single Directory (Ignoring Subdirectories in Zip)

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Demonstrates how to unzip all files into a single directory, ignoring the internal directory structure of the files in the .zip.

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

let out_dir = "c:/temp/testUnzipDir".to_string();

// Make sure our output directory exists.
let fac = chilkat::FileAccess::new();
if fac.dir_ensure_exists(&out_dir).is_err() {
    println!("{}", fac.last_error_text());
    return;
}

let zip = chilkat::Zip::new();

// In this example, the xml_files.zip contains some files in the subdirectories "dir1" and also "dir2/dir3".

// a1.xml
// b1.xml
// c1.xml
// dir1/a2.xml
// dir1/c2.xml
// dir2/dir3/c3.xml

if zip.open_zip("qa_data/zips/xml_files.zip").is_err() {
    println!("{}", zip.last_error_text());
    return;
}

// Unzip all files into the directory c:/temp/testUnzipDir
let num_unzipped = zip.unzip_into(&out_dir);
if num_unzipped < 0 {
    println!("{}", zip.last_error_text());
    return;
}

println!("Num unzipped = {}", num_unzipped);

// After unzipping via UnzipInto, we have this:

// c:\temp\testUnzipDir\a1.xml
// c:\temp\testUnzipDir\b1.xml
// c:\temp\testUnzipDir\c1.xml
// c:\temp\testUnzipDir\a2.xml
// c:\temp\testUnzipDir\c2.xml
// c:\temp\testUnzipDir\c3.xml

zip.close_zip();

println!("Success.");