revZipDescribeItem

Type

function

Summary

Returns information about an item in a zip archive.

Syntax

revZipDescribeItem(<archivePath>, <itemName>)

Description

Use the revZipDescribeItem function to obtain detailed information about a given item in an open zip archive. The archive must first have been opened using the revZipOpenArchive command.

note

While the Zip library can read most archives, extracting files from archives is only supported for files compressed with the method deflate.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
archivePath		The absolute path to the archive containing the item to describe.
itemName		The name of the item to describe in the archive.

Examples

put revZipDescribeItem(tArchive, "myZippedItem") into tDetails

put item 6 of revZipDescribeItem(tArchive, "myZippedItem") into tCompressionMethod

Value

Name	Type	Description
return		This function returns a comma delimited list of details in the form: index, crc, size, mtime, compressed_size, compression_method.

Related

command: revZipDeleteItem, revZipOpenArchive

Compatibility and Support

Introduced

LiveCode 2.7.3

OS

mac

windows

linux

ios

android

Platforms

desktop

server

mobile