Re: ZipBrowser
Eric Gorr <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.macosx.devel |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Jan 4, 2010, at 5:47 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > > On Jan 4, 2010, at 19:15, Eric Gorr wrote: > >> I found this sample code at: >> >> http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/samplecode/ZipBrowser/index.html >> >> and as I was scanning through it, I noticed that the zip file was being read as raw data using offsets as defined by the zip file specification. >> >> Searching through the Cocoa API, I didn't see any formal api for reading or writing zip files. >> >> I was wondering if anyone was aware of a framework for reading and writing zip files or do I need to roll my own code to do this based on the specification found at >> >> http://www.pkware.com/documents/casestudies/APPNOTE.TXT >> >> (Yes, I know I could probably communicate with the shell and use the zip utility directly, but, for the moment, I am interested in a framework that has implemented the zip file specification.) >> >> Thank you. > > I wouldn't use the shell. I don't think there's an Obj-C framework doing zip, but you can use zlib. There's sample code to embed it in Obj-C, e.g. http://www.cocoadev.com/index.pl?NSDataCategory. Ya, I wouldn't use the shell either... thanks. That is handy.