Compress

This documents the Compress module and how to use it from JavaScript flows.

You can load the module using the following code:

var c = Module.load("Compress", {version: "X.Y.Z"});

Compress files

Using the loaded module c from above, you can compress a single file using the following code:

c.compress("input.txt", "C://temp/output.zip");

or multiple files:

c.compress(["input.txt", "input2.txt"], "C://temp/output.zip");

An optional third options parameter can be used provide the format of the output file. The default is zip. The following formats are supported:

• zip
• tar
• tar.gz

c.compress("input.txt", "C://temp/output.tar.gz", { format: "tar.gz" });

Decompress files

Using the loaded module c from above, you can decompress an archive using the following code:

c.decompress("C://temp/output.zip", "C://temp/decompressed");