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Example for the Zip AppendNewDir Function

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Demonstrates the Zip AppendNewDir function.

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Tcl

load ./chilkat.dll

set success 0

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

set zip [new_CkZip]

set zipPath "c:/temp/test.zip"

# Initialize the zip object, which also sets the FileName property to the path of the zip to be created.
CkZip_NewZip $zip $zipPath

# AddEmpty is used when you wish to add a directory or empty file to the zip
# such that when the zip is unzipped, the directory will be created
# even if it contains no files.

set dirFlag 1

CkZip_AddEmpty $zip $dirFlag "dirA"
CkZip_AddEmpty $zip $dirFlag "dirB"
CkZip_AddEmpty $zip $dirFlag "dirC"

# Write the zip, which contains 3 empty directories: dirA, dirB, dirC.
CkZip_put_FileName $zip $zipPath
set success [CkZip_WriteZipAndClose $zip]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkZip_lastErrorText $zip]
    delete_CkZip $zip
    exit
}

puts "Success."

delete_CkZip $zip