Transcript Zip Archives and ColdFusion

Zip Archives and ColdFusion
Phillip Ciske
Maryland ColdFusion Users Group
November 11, 2008
Topics
• What’s a zip file? (Zip101)
• Manipulating zip files with ColdFusion
• CF8 Tags
• Java Classes
• Command line
• Questions
What’s a Zip File?
• Compression and archival format
• Contains one or more files
• Save space
• Faster file transfers
CFZip Tag Family (CF 8)
• cfzip
• zip
• read
• unzip
• readBinary
• list
• delete
• cfzipparam
Code!
java.util.zip.*
• ZipEntry
• ZipFile
• ZipInputStream
• ZipOutputStream
Code!
CFExecute
• Call a third party utility
• PKZip - add-on required (free)
• WinZip - add-on required (free)
• RAR/WinRAR
Summary
Questions?
• [email protected]
• www.phillipciske.com/blog