From: Thomas Sondergaard <ts_news1@...>
Date: 2005-03-29T20:44:47+09:00
Subject: Re: zip a directory, unzip a zip file

Stefan Lang wrote:
> On Tuesday 29 March 2005 08:59, itsme213 wrote:
> 
>>I have a directory that I want to compress/uncompress using any or zip,
>>gzip, bz2, etc. What is the easiest way to do this?
>>
>>I've looked at zlib but could not find something simple and convenient.
>>
>>Thanks
> 
> 
> Look at archive-tar-minitar. It's available on RAA and as a RubyGem.
> 
> Stefan
> 

Or try my rubyzip (http://rubyzip.sourceforge.net). It's available as a 
gem too:

gem install rubyzip

Cheers,

Thomas