cross-7zip

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Installation

Package manager

Using npm:

npm install cross-7zip

Using yarn:

yarn add cross-7zip

Using pnpm:

pnpm add cross-7zip

API

sevenUnzip

Extracts files from a specified zipped file asynchronously. Example

sevenUnzipSync

Extracts files from a specified zipped file synchronously. Example

sevenZip

Compresses multiple files into a zipped file asynchronously. Example

sevenZipSync

Compresses multiple files into a zipped file synchronously. Example

CLI Tool Usage

This package also includes a CLI tool for quick and simple operations with 7-Zip. Below are some examples of how to use it:

Installation

Make sure the package is installed globally to access the CLI tool:

npm install -g cross-7zip

Commands

Create an Archive

To compress files or directories into an archive, use the zip command:

seven zip <output_archive> <file_paths...>

Extract Files from an Archive

To extract files from an archive, use the unzip command:

seven unzip <input_archive> [destination]

Examples

Create example.7z from file1.txt folder

seven zip example.7z file1.txt folder

Extract Files from the example.7z into the ouput folder

seven unzip example.7z ouput

Supported Platforms and Architectures

This library relies on the 7-Zip executables, which support the following platforms and architectures:

• Windows: arm64, x86, x64
• macOS: arm64, x86, x64
• Linux: arm, arm64, x86, x64

For details, click here.

Documentation

See documentation here.

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Resources

• 7-Zip
• execFileSync
• Windows
  • Compress-Archive
  • Expand-Archive
• Unix
  • zip
  • unzip

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