description
A 'proof of concept' utility that allows for
packing (recursive) and unpacking of files
and folders from and to a zip archive.
Additionally it has a -t option illustrating
passing a text string (data) directly
from freebasic to a created zip file.
From a code perspective there are numerous
issues to keep in mind,
- data integrity,
- the rather shacky state of libzip,
- the size and number of dll's needed to utilize the lib
- the discrepancy of the bindings
| (zip.bi used and the one bundled with fb version)
- the lib utilizes 'unixtime' internally
| which is ok but still needs closer scrutiny
| see separate posting with unixtime routines
viewtopic.php?t=32414
Intended use is mostly educational but might
be useful to some as bare bones conversion util.
compile
with following files in same dir as code:
libbz2-1.dll
libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll
liblzma-5.dll
libwinpthread-1.dll
libzip.dll
libzstd.dll
zlib1.dll
zip.bi (included in zip package of srvaldez)
usage
extract: cmdzip.exe <archive>.zip <folder>
example: cmdzip.exe test.zip test
extracts all files from archive test.zip to folder test
add: cmdzip.exe <path or file> <archive>.zip
example: cmdzip.exe g:\data\text\*.txt text.zip
adds all the .txt files in g:\data\text to the archive text.zip
options
via \conf\conf.ini\
[output]
' preserve path file to archive
preservepath = false
' preserve datetime stamp file from and to archive
preservedate = true
Tested and compiled on windows 7 / 10 as 32bit app
release (32bit windows)
https://github.com/thrive4/utill.fb.cmdzip/releases
source
https://github.com/thrive4/utill.fb.cmdzip
requirements
libzip 1.10.1 or up
https://github.com/nih-at/libzip
the windows (32bit / 64bit) dlls can be found at:
viewtopic.php?p=300696
with thank to srvaldez for kindly posting them
special thanks
tips on commandline parsing via:
viewtopic.php?t=31889 code by coderJeff
with courtesy to srvaldez for providing dlls windows 32bit / 64bit
see viewtopic.php?p=300605&hilit=open+zip#p3006
unixtime:
courtesy adeyblue
see viewtopic.php?p=267242&hilit=ctime&sid= ... 8c#p267242
and michaelw viewtopic.php?p=164305
commandline zip packer / unpacker util using libzip
Re: commandline zip packer / unpacker util using libzip
some good stuff there - especially the time stuff i am trying to nut out - when using zip_stat_index - translating the timestamp of the file in zip to a useable datatype would have taken a bit of nutting out; thankfully you have already beaten that one 
when i am finished hacking away i'll add some useful bits to compliment yours.
when i am finished hacking away i'll add some useful bits to compliment yours.
Re: commandline zip packer / unpacker util using libzip
Good to hear that the code was of some use to you.
Have fun with it!
Bye the bye some other avenues worth while looking into:
viewtopic.php?t=23706
7zip Example - by nimdays
or writing an shell wrapper around:
https://www.7-zip.org/download.html
specifically 7za.exe (roughly 800K)
it has quite generous terms of use:
https://www.7-zip.org/faq.html (see Developer FAQ)
is available on nix, windows and macOS (64bit / 32bit)
and has been around for quite some time so,
generally speaking, all the rough edges have
been ironed out....
Have fun with it!
Bye the bye some other avenues worth while looking into:
viewtopic.php?t=23706
7zip Example - by nimdays
or writing an shell wrapper around:
https://www.7-zip.org/download.html
specifically 7za.exe (roughly 800K)
it has quite generous terms of use:
https://www.7-zip.org/faq.html (see Developer FAQ)
is available on nix, windows and macOS (64bit / 32bit)
and has been around for quite some time so,
generally speaking, all the rough edges have
been ironed out....