Zip Archives and ColdFusion

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Zip Archives and ColdFusion

• Phillip Ciske
• Maryland ColdFusion Users Group
• November 11, 2008

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Topics

• Whats a zip file? (Zip101)
• Manipulating zip files with ColdFusion
• CF8 Tags
• Java Classes
• Command line
• Questions

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Whats a Zip File?

• Compression and archival format
• Contains one or more files
• Save space
• Faster file transfers

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CFZip Tag Family (CF 8)

• cfzip
• cfzipparam

• zip
• unzip
• list
• read
• readBinary
• delete

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Code!
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java.util.zip.

• ZipEntry
• ZipFile
• ZipInputStream
• ZipOutputStream

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Code!
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CFExecute

• Call a third party utility
• PKZip - add-on required (free)
• WinZip - add-on required (free)
• RAR/WinRAR

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Summary
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Questions?

• pciske_at_gmail.com
• www.phillipciske.com/blog