Re: ZIP archives

FROM : Alan Smith
DATE : Tue Jul 25 21:35:38 2006

Personally, I would use an NSTask with 'zip.' It's a command line
utility and is easy to figure out. Just read the manual page (man zip)
for usage info.

Good luck, Alan

On 7/25/06, Mike Abdullah <mike.<email_removed>> wrote:
> I am wanting to implement in my app the ability to create
> standard .zip archives.  I have looked through the list archives and
> read various things on the internet, but I'm rather confused :(
>
> Thus far my research has uncovered to me:
>
> zlib - pre-installed with OS X.  Does not support .zip archives, but
> there is add-on code to do it.
>
> gzip - Also doesn't support .zip archives
>
> info-zip - As far as I can tell, this is an open source command line
> tool, rather than a library I can use.
>
>
> So, what would people recommend for Cocoa use?  Should I use NSTask
> to have a command line tool handle the thing for me?  Or should I use
> a library like zlib?  Or is there something better that I've missed
> altogether!?
>
> Mike.
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