CCL-ZIP is a small Info-ZIP clone written in Java.

CCL-ZIP does support the basic options like adding and deleting zipfile entries. Nevertheless it has a feature which is missing in the original zip program. It is the ability to specify the directory under which files shall be stored in the zip archive.

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For example: 

   zip  test  -e example  ../../file.txt
will create an archive with the following table of contents: 
   Archive:  test.zip
    Length    Date    Time    Name
    ------    ----    ----    ----
         5  03-17-98  08:02   example/file.txt
    ------                    -------
         5                    1 file
To achieve the same with the original zip program you do the following on a Windows 95 system: 
   cd ../../..
   zip .../test example/file.txt
Problem is, this does not work on a Unix shell. On Unix you have to put both commands in the same line separated with a ';'. This now in turn doesn't work any more on a DOS alike shell.

Besides of this unportability, you are completely out of luck if 'file.txt' doesn't lie in a directory named 'example'.

Features

  • Add or replace zipfile entries
  • Delete entries in zipfile
  • Junk (don't record) directory names
  • Store files with specified path

System Requirements

Java JDK 1.1.3 or higher

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    CCL-ZIP Version 2.8 
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    Installation

    1. First you need a Java runtime. If you don't have one, go to http://www.javasoft.com/products/JDK/1.1/ and get the java development kit 1.1.5.
    2. Unzip the zip2.8.zip archive.
    3. Include zip2.8/lib/zip.jar into your classpath or better make yourself a shell script/batch file (you can edit the ones that come with CCL-ZIP).
    4. To use zip, just type java zip ... or start your appropriate shell script.

    Usage

    Usage: ZIP [-j] [-d] [-e string] [-r] [-version] [-help] zipfile files
           j:         junk (don't record) directory names
           d:         delete entries in zipfile
           e:         insErt entries with directory 'string'
           r:         recurse into directories
                      (store files with specified path)
           version:   prints the version number of the program
           help:      prints this help message

    For comparison, here are the options of the Info-ZIP tool.

    Release History

    Version 2.8

    Version 2.8 has been released on May 14, 2000

    Version 2.5

    Version 2.5 has been released on May 13, 2000

    What's New

    1. '-r' flag recurses into directories.

    Bugs Fixed

    1. './foo.bar' gets saved as 'foo.bar'.
    2. Fixed bug when '-e' option was missing.

    Version 1.1

    Version 1.1 has been released on March 22, 1998

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