Tcl

Append String as a File to a Zip

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Demonstrates how to append text data as a file within a zip archive. 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

# Append a file that will contain the string "Hello World";
set fileContent "Hello World"
set pathInZip "txtFiles/helloWorld.txt"
CkZip_AddString $zip $pathInZip $fileContent "utf-8"

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