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cross-7zip

Cross-platform 7-Zip for Node.js

Installation

Install cross-7zip via npm.

npm i cross-7zip
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or

npm i -g cross-7zip
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API

SevenZip

A wrapper class for creating 7-Zip archives using the command-line tool. Example

SevenUnzip

A wrapper class for extracting files from a 7-Zip archive using the command-line tool. Example

sevenZip

Compresses multiple files into a zipped file asynchronously. Example

sevenUnzip

Extracts files from a specified zipped file asynchronously. Example

sevenZipSync

Compresses multiple files into a zipped file synchronously. Example

sevenUnzipSync

Extracts files from a specified 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
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Commands

Create an Archive

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

seven zip <output_archive> <file_paths...>
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Extract Files from an Archive

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

seven unzip <input_archive> [destination]
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Examples

Create example.7z from file1.txt folder

seven zip example.7z file1.txt folder
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Extract Files from the example.7z into the ouput folder

seven unzip example.7z ouput
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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.

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Resources

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

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