README.md

Kotlin Archiver

A simple tool for working with zip archives from the command line developed just to become a little bit better acquainted with the Kotlin language.

Features

• Packing files into one zip file
• Adding files to an existing zip archive
• If a directory is specified instead of an input file, the utility packages its contents recursively
• Unpacking an archive with the ability to specify (existing or not existing) a directory for it
• Archive comment support: reading comments from an archive, adding a comment to an archive, creating an archive with a comment

Building

Make sure you have installed:

• Java
• Maven

Then run the following command in the root directory of the project:

mvn compile

It creates kotlin-archiver.jar there.

Usage

You can run the program in the following way:

java -jar kotlin-archiver.jar [arguments]

Use the following arguments to perform the appropriate action (square brackets mean optional):

# packing files into the zip archive with the ability to add a comment
-p -z target_file.zip -s source_file_or_dir_1 source_file_or_dir_2 ... [-c "comment"]

# add files into the existing zip archive
-a -z target_file.zip -s source_file_or_dir_1 source_file_or_dir_2 ...

# add an archive comment
-a -z target_file.zip -c "comment"

# extract the archive with the ability to specify destination directory
-e -z archive.zip [-o out_dir]

# get the archive comment
-g -z archive.zip

# help
-h

Dependencies

The following dependencies are used in the project:

• Kotlin 1.4.31
• Apache Ant 1.10.9
• Apache Commons CLI 1.4

License

MIT © alxiw