Unicode C

Zip -- Exclude Files Based on Wildcard Matching

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Demonstrates how to use the SetExclusions method to exclude matching files from being added to a .zip. Unicode C

#include <C_CkZipW.h>
#include <C_CkStringArrayW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkZipW zip;
    HCkStringArrayW saExcludes;
    BOOL recurse;

    success = FALSE;

    zip = CkZipW_Create();

    success = CkZipW_NewZip(zip,L"qa_output/x.zip");

    // Let's add files from the directory tree rooted at C:\AAWorkarea\ChilkatSampleProjects

    // However.. we want to exclude all files ending in ".cache" or ".pdb" regardless of the sub-directory.
    // Also exclude all files under any "obj" directory,
    // and we also want to exclude any .exe found under a "win10-x64" directory.

    saExcludes = CkStringArrayW_Create();
    CkStringArrayW_Append(saExcludes,L"*.cache");
    CkStringArrayW_Append(saExcludes,L"*.pdb");
    CkStringArrayW_Append(saExcludes,L"*/obj/*");
    CkStringArrayW_Append(saExcludes,L"*/win10-x64/*.exe");
    CkZipW_SetExclusions(zip,saExcludes);

    // Append promises of paths and files to be zipped.
    recurse = TRUE;
    success = CkZipW_AppendFiles(zip,L"c:/AAWorkArea/ChilkatSampleProjects/*",recurse);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkZipW_lastErrorText(zip));
        CkZipW_Dispose(zip);
        CkStringArrayW_Dispose(saExcludes);
        return;
    }

    // Create the zip from the file and directory promises added previously.
    success = CkZipW_WriteZipAndClose(zip);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkZipW_lastErrorText(zip));
        CkZipW_Dispose(zip);
        CkStringArrayW_Dispose(saExcludes);
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"Success.\n");


    CkZipW_Dispose(zip);
    CkStringArrayW_Dispose(saExcludes);

    }