From: "Brian Schröder" <ruby.brian@...>
Date: 2005-07-27T17:53:38+09:00
Subject: Re: how to open and read zip files with Zlib?

On 27/07/05, Miles Keaton <mileskeaton@gmail.com> wrote:
> I need to a ruby script to go through some zip files in the
> filesystem, probably using zlib.
> 
> Pickaxe shows a GzipReader, but not zip.  Their Gzip example doesn't
> translate to Zip from what I've tried.
> 
> Anyone successfully using Ruby to open the contents of a zip file and
> do something with it?
> 
> If so, could you paste a code snippet here?   Sorry I can't find any
> good examples.
> 
> 

Unlike a gzip file a zip file may contain many files. So you need a
different interface to work with zip files.

I have never used it, but maybe this library can help you

http://sourceforge.net/projects/rubyzip

regards,

Brian

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