qie.extractZipFile

Signature: qie.extractZipFile(zipFile, directory, overwriteExistingFiles*)

Returns: Boolean succeeded - true if the operation completes successfully

Extracts the contents of the zipFile to the specified directory.

Parameters

Type	Name	Description	Default
String or File	zipFile	the new zip file to be extracted
String or File	directory	the folder to extract the contents of the zipFile into
Boolean	overwriteExistingFiles*	(optional) true, to overwrite files that already exist in the directory	false

Example

// Extract Zip Files examples:
// Example: zipFile as String path, directory as String path
qie.writeFile("/tmp/letters/a.txt", "A is for apples.", true);
qie.writeFile("/tmp/letters/b.txt", "B is for baby.", true);
qie.createZipFile("/tmp/letters", "/tmp/letters.zip", true);

var success = qie.extractZipFile(
    "/tmp/letters.zip",
    "/tmp/the_letters",  // this folder location must exist, no options exist to have it be auto-created
    true
);
// Extracted files will now exist in /tmp/the_letters


// Example: zipFile as File, directory as File
var zipFileObject = qie.newFile("/tmp/letters.zip");
var directoryObject = qie.newFile("/tmp/the_letters_file");

var successWithFiles = qie.extractZipFile(
    zipFileObject,
    directoryObject,     // this folder location must exist, no options exist to have it be auto-created
    true
);


// Example: zipFile as String path, directory as File
var successWithStringZipFile = qie.extractZipFile(
    "/tmp/letters.zip",
    qie.newFile("/tmp/the_letters_mixed1"), // this folder location must exist, no options exist to have it be auto-created
    true
);


// Example: zipFile as File, directory as String path
var successWithStringDirectory = qie.extractZipFile(
    qie.newFile("/tmp/letters.zip"),
    "/tmp/the_letters_mixed2", // this folder location must exist, no options exist to have it be auto-created
    true
);