ZIP (.zip)

• Import and Export fully support the ZIP format.

• Import and Export can work with general ZIP archives as well as with specific application formats consisting of multiple related files.

IMPORT AND EXPORT

• When importing from a ZIP archive that constitutes a supported multi-file Import format, the converter for this format will be used.

• Import gives full path specifications for all files in a general ZIP file.

• Export exports expr to a file and compresses it as a ZIP archive, inferring the file format from the file extension of .

• Export exports multiple expressions to a ZIP file archive.

• Import returns an expression of the form .

• Import extracts from the archive and imports it.

• Import imports the specified element from a ZIP file.

• Import imports a subelement.

• Import imports multiple elements.

• Import or Import imports any file as a ZIP archive.

• Export creates a ZIP archive by treating expr as specifying element elem.

• Export treats each as specifying the corresponding .

• Export exports expr with the specified option elements taken to have the specified values.

• Export uses rules to specify the elements to be exported.

• See the reference pages for full general information on Import and Export.

• ImportString and ExportString support ZIP compression.

ELEMENTS

• General Import elements:

	"Elements"	list of elements and options available in this file
	"Rules"	full list of rules for each element and option
	"Options"	list of rules for options, properties, and settings

• The following can be used to select or specify individual files in a ZIP archive:

	"FileNames"	list of filenames representing the contents of a ZIP archive
	"filename"	a single file
	"filename","format"	a single file, taken to be in the specified format
	"filename","format",elem	element elem from the specified file

• Import by default uses the element for the ZIP format.

• Import extracts and imports file .

• File names can include relative or absolute directory specifications and the abbreviated string patterns supported by StringMatchQ.

• Import imports an entire archive.

• Import imports all JPEG files from subdirectory dir.

• Export creates a ZIP archive containing a GIF and a Text file.

• Export["file", {expr₁, expr₂}, {"ZIP", {{"file₁", "GIF"}, {"file₂", "Text"}}}] is equivalent to the above.

SEE ALSO

• "BZIP2"  "Directory"  "GZIP"  "TAR"

MORE ABOUT

• Compression and Archive Formats

• Importing & Exporting

• Listing of All Formats

• New in 6.0: Import & Export Formats

• Systems & Utility Formats

EXAMPLES

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Basic Examples   (1)

This creates a ZIP archive containing a GIF and a text file:

Importing a ZIP archive gives the names of the files in the archive:

Extract and import "a.gif" from this ZIP file:

Extract and import "b.txt" from the file:

This creates a ZIP archive containing a GIF and a text file: In[1]:= Importing a ZIP archive gives the names of the files in the archive: In[2]:= Out[2]= Extract and import "a.gif" from this ZIP file: In[3]:= Out[3]= Extract and import "b.txt" from the file: In[4]:= Out[4]=