RubyZip's docs do not have a "hey! this is how you use this to make a zip" explanation and the methods aren't really documented - just source code is shown. Anyone have examples or other docs? "Nathaniel Talbott" <nathaniel / talbott.ws> wrote in message news:2bc84bc15f263d2ef6a8aa41948db4c7 / talbott.ws... > On Feb 4, 2005, at 14:50, DaZoner wrote: > >> I'm wanting a programmatic way to create zip files (which I'd like to use >> in >> conjunction with Rake to build my releases on Windows). Is rubyzip the >> way >> to do this or am I missing something about Zlib? If its rubyzip does >> anyone >> have a reference to some docs or examples? > > Actually, you'll need both rubyzip and zlib, since zlib does the > compression/decomcompression, and rubyzip handles the zip file system. > However, as long as you have zlib installed (including the ruby extension > for it) you won't have to use it directly - rubyzip just uses it for the > heavy lifting. > > You can find rubyzip documentation at http://rubyzip.sourceforge.net/doc/. > > HTH, > > > Nathaniel > Terralien, Inc. > > <:((>< > > >