Node p7zip wrapper

A node wrapper for p7zip including the latest version of 7za.

Limitation

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

Description

During the installation process, the latest version of p7zip is compiled to be used. This module handle both callback and promise syntax.

Installation

npm install --save p7zip

Usage

var p7zip = require('p7zip');

p7zip
  .add('test.7z', '*.js')
  .then(function (count) {
    console.log('File added: ', count);
  })
  .then(function () {
    return p7zip.list('test.7z');
  })
  .then(function (data) {
    console.log('Path: ', data.path);
    console.log('Type: ', data.type);
    console.log('Method: ', data.method);

    data.files.forEach(function (file, index) {
      console.log('\nFile #' + (index + 1));
      console.log(file.name);
      console.log(file.date);
    });
  })
  .catch(function (err) {
    console.log(err);
  });

Promise library use node Promise, but may be replaced:

var p7zip = require('p7zip');

p7zip.Promise = require('bluebird');

API

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.delete

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.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.list

Arguments

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

Returns

• data object

• data.path string

• data.type string

• data.physicalSize number

• data.headersSize number

• data.method string

• data.solid string

• data.blocks number

• data.directories array (same as data.files)

• data.files array

• data.files[].attr string

• data.files[].compressed number

• data.files[].date date

• data.files[].name number

• data.files[].size number

p7zip.rename

Arguments

• archive The archive path.
• files Hashmap of the file list to rename ({oldName: newName, ...}.
• 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.