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Reading and writing ZIP archives
This module provides functions for reading and writing ZIP archive files. ZIP archives package one or more compressed files into a single ZIP file, along with information about the files, including file name, date and time of last modification, user-provided comments, and a checksum to verify the integrity of each entry. The entries of a ZIP file are not necessarily actual files, and can actually consist of arbitrary data.
The ZIP file format used in this module is compatible with that implemented by the popular pkzip
archiver under Windows, and by the Info-ZIP zip
and unzip
commands under Unix and Windows. This format is also compatible with the JAR file format used by Java.
type entry = {
filename : string;
file name for entry
*)comment : string;
comment attached to entry
*)methd : compression_method;
compression method
*)mtime : float;
last modification time (seconds since epoch)
*)crc : int32;
cyclic redundancy check for data
*)uncompressed_size : int;
size of original data in bytes
*)compressed_size : int;
size of compressed data
*)is_directory : bool;
whether this entry represents a directory
*)file_offset : int64;
for internal use
*)}
Description of an entry in a ZIP file.
val open_in : string -> in_file
Abstract type representing a handle opened for reading from a ZIP file.
Zip.open_in zipfilename
opens the ZIP file with the given filename. The file must already exist. Return a handle opened for reading from this file.
Zip.open_in zipfilename
opens the ZIP file with the given filename. The file must already exist. Return a handle opened for reading from this file.
Return a list of all entries in the given ZIP file.
val comment : in_file -> string
Return a list of all entries in the given ZIP file.
Return the comment attached to the given ZIP file, or the empty string if none.
Return the comment attached to the given ZIP file, or the empty string if none.
Zip.find_entry zf filename
returns the description of the entry having name filename
in the ZIP file zf
. Raises Not_found
if no such entry exists. The file name must match exactly; in particular, case is significant. File names must use /
(slash) as the directory separator. The name of a directory must end with a trailing /
(slash).
Zip.find_entry zf filename
returns the description of the entry having name filename
in the ZIP file zf
. Raises Not_found
if no such entry exists. The file name must match exactly; in particular, case is significant. File names must use /
(slash) as the directory separator. The name of a directory must end with a trailing /
(slash).
Zip.read_entry zf e
reads and uncompresses the data (file contents) associated with entry e
of ZIP file zf
. The data is returned as a character string.
Zip.read_entry zf e
reads and uncompresses the data (file contents) associated with entry e
of ZIP file zf
. The data is returned as a character string.
Zip.copy_entry_to_channel zf e oc
reads and uncompresses the data associated with entry e
of ZIP file zf
. It then writes this data to the output channel oc
.
Zip.copy_entry_to_channel zf e oc
reads and uncompresses the data associated with entry e
of ZIP file zf
. It then writes this data to the output channel oc
.
Zip.copy_entry_to_file zf e destfile
reads and uncompresses the data associated with entry e
of ZIP file zf
. It then writes this data to the file named destfile
. The file destfile
is created if it does not exist, and overwritten otherwise. The last modification date of the file is set to that indicated in the ZIP entry e
, if possible.
val close_in : in_file -> unit
Zip.copy_entry_to_file zf e destfile
reads and uncompresses the data associated with entry e
of ZIP file zf
. It then writes this data to the file named destfile
. The file destfile
is created if it does not exist, and overwritten otherwise. The last modification date of the file is set to that indicated in the ZIP entry e
, if possible.
Close the given ZIP file handle. If the ZIP file handle was created by open_in_channel
, the underlying input channel is closed.
val open_out : ?comment:string -> string -> out_file
Abstract type representing a handle opened for writing to a ZIP file.
Zip.open_out zipfilename
creates (or truncates to zero length) the ZIP file with the given filename. Return a handle opened for writing to this file.
val open_update : ?comment:string -> string -> out_file
Zip.open_out zipfilename
creates (or truncates to zero length) the ZIP file with the given filename. Return a handle opened for writing to this file.
Zip.open_update zipfilename
opens the ZIP file with the given filename, preserving its contents. The file must already exist. Return a handle opened for writing to this file. Entries added via this handle will be added to the existing entries. If an entry is added with the same file name as an existing entry, the old entry becomes inaccessible, only the new entry remains.
val add_entry :
string ->
out_file ->
?comment:string ->
?level:int ->
?mtime:float ->
string ->
unit
Zip.open_update zipfilename
opens the ZIP file with the given filename, preserving its contents. The file must already exist. Return a handle opened for writing to this file. Entries added via this handle will be added to the existing entries. If an entry is added with the same file name as an existing entry, the old entry becomes inaccessible, only the new entry remains.
Zip.add_entry data zf name
adds a new entry to the ZIP file zf
. The data (file contents) associated with the entry is taken from the string data
. It is compressed and written to the ZIP file zf
. name
is the file name stored along with this entry.
Under Windows, backslash characters in the name
parameter are stored in the ZIP file as forward slashes /
, for compatibility with other operating systems.
Several optional arguments can be provided to control the format and attached information of the entry:
val copy_channel_to_entry :
Stdlib.in_channel ->
out_file ->
?comment:string ->
?level:int ->
?mtime:float ->
string ->
unit
Same as Zip.add_entry
, but the data associated with the entry is read from the input channel given as first argument. The channel is read up to end of file.
val copy_file_to_entry :
string ->
out_file ->
?comment:string ->
?level:int ->
?mtime:float ->
string ->
unit
Same as Zip.add_entry
, but the data associated with the entry is read from the input channel given as first argument. The channel is read up to end of file.
Same as Zip.add_entry
, but the data associated with the entry is read from the file whose name is given as first argument. Also, the default value for the mtime
optional parameter is the time of last modification of the file.
val add_entry_generator :
out_file ->
?comment:string ->
?level:int ->
?mtime:float ->
string ->
(bytes -> int -> int -> unit) * (unit -> unit)
Same as Zip.add_entry
, but the data associated with the entry is read from the file whose name is given as first argument. Also, the default value for the mtime
optional parameter is the time of last modification of the file.
Zip.add_entry_generator zf name
returns a pair of functions (add, finish)
. It adds a new entry to the ZIP file zf
. The file name stored along with this entry is name
. Initially, no data is stored in this entry. To store data in this entry, the program must repeatedly call the add
function returned by Zip.add_entry_generator
. An invocation add s ofs len
stores len
characters of byte sequence s
starting at offset ofs
in the ZIP entry. When all the data forming the entry has been sent, the program must call the finish
function returned by Zip.add_entry_generator
. finish
must be called exactly once. The optional arguments to Zip.add_entry_generator
are as described in Zip.add_entry
.
val close_out : out_file -> unit
Zip.add_entry_generator zf name
returns a pair of functions (add, finish)
. It adds a new entry to the ZIP file zf
. The file name stored along with this entry is name
. Initially, no data is stored in this entry. To store data in this entry, the program must repeatedly call the add
function returned by Zip.add_entry_generator
. An invocation add s ofs len
stores len
characters of byte sequence s
starting at offset ofs
in the ZIP entry. When all the data forming the entry has been sent, the program must call the finish
function returned by Zip.add_entry_generator
. finish
must be called exactly once. The optional arguments to Zip.add_entry_generator
are as described in Zip.add_entry
.
Finish writing the ZIP archive by adding the table of contents, and close it.
Exception raised when an ill-formed ZIP archive is encountered, or illegal parameters are given to the functions in this module. The exception is of the form Error(ZIP_name, entry_name, message)
where ZIP_name
is the name of the ZIP file, entry_name
the name of the offending entry, and message
an explanation of the error.