How do I delete a file in a zipfile

Hans Nowak zephyr01 at alltel.net
Fri May 30 19:18:56 EDT 2003


Howard Lightstone wrote:
> I can create zipfiles just peachy.
> 
> But, how do I delete/overwrite a file that already exists in a zipfile?

The documentation doesn't mention this, so I'm assuming you will have to create 
a new file, with all the original files minus the one that's to be removed.  I 
think this is how programs like WinZip do it; create a new file with temporary 
filename, delete the old file, rename the temp file.







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