Node p7zip

Description

Use p7zip directly in JavaScript or TypeScript.

You do not need to install anything by your own.

During the installation process, the latest version of p7zip is compiled to be used.

Limitation

Because p7zip is a portage of 7-zip for linux systems, this package is not usable on Windows.

Installation

npm install --save p7zip

or

yarn add p7zip

Usage

import * as p7zip from 'p7zip';


const count = await p7zip.add('test.7z', '*.js');
console.log('File added: ', count);

const content = await p7zip.read('test.7z');
console.log('Path: ', content.path);
console.log('Type: ', content.type);
console.log('Method: ', content.method);

for (const file of data.files) {
  console.log(file.name, file.date);
}

await p7zip.extract('test.7z', './tmp')

Methods

p7zip.add

Arguments

• archive The archive path.
• files The file list to add (string or array of string).
• switches Switches (string or array of string).

Returns

• count The file count added.

p7zip.extract

Default overwrite mode is set to "Overwrite All existing files without prompt" using switch -aoa.

Arguments

• archive The archive path.
• destination The extraction path (optional).
• fileFilter File filters to extract (string or array of string, optional).
• switches Switches (string or array of string).
• full Extract with full paths (optional, default=true).

Returns

• none

p7zip.read

Arguments

• archive The archive path.
• switches Switches (string or array of string).

Returns

• data Archive

• data.path string

• data.type string

• data.physicalSize number

• data.headersSize number

• data.method string

• data.solid string

• data.blocks number

• data.directories array of Entry

• data.files array of Entry

with Entry:

• data.files[].attr string
• data.files[].compressed number
• data.files[].date date
• data.files[].name number
• data.files[].size number

p7zip.remove

Arguments

• archive The archive path.
• files The file list to delete (string or array of string).
• switches Switches (string or array of string).

Returns

• none

p7zip.rename

Arguments

• archive The archive path.
• oldName The original name
• newName The replacement name
• switches Switches (string or array of string).

Returns

• none

p7zip.update

Arguments

• archive Path to the archive.
• files The file list to update (string or array of string).
• switches Switches (string or array of string).

Returns

• count The file count updated.