npm install cross-zip
var zip = require('cross-zip')
var inPath = path.join(__dirname, 'myFolder') // folder to zip
var outPath = path.join(__dirname, 'myFile.zip') // name of output zip file
zip.zipSync(inPath, outPath)
zip.zip(inPath, outPath, [callback])Zip the folder at inPath and save it to a .zip file at outPath. If a callback
is passed, then it is called with an Error or null.
zip.zipSync(inPath, outPath)Sync version of zip.zip.
zip.unzip(inPath, outPath, [callback])Unzip the .zip file at inPath into the folder at outPath. If a callback is
passed, then it is called with an Error or null.
zip.unzipSync(inPath, outPath)Sync version of zip.unzip.
This package requires .NET Framework 4.5 or later and Powershell 3. These come pre-installed on Windows 8 or later.
On Windows 7 or earlier, you will need to install these manually in order for
cross-zip to function correctly.
MIT. Copyright (c) Feross Aboukhadijeh.
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FAQs
Cross-platform .zip file creation
The npm package cross-zip receives a total of 668,663 weekly downloads. As such, cross-zip popularity was classified as popular.
We found that cross-zip demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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