Added support for creating ZIP archives.

doc/changelog.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 0.4 "" (released xx.xx.2010)
 
-  * Improved listing of available archive formats.
   * Added support for Windows systems.
+  * Added support for creating ZIP files.
+  * Improved listing of available archive formats.
   * Improved recognition of MIME types.
 
 0.3 "Management" (released 23.2.2010)

patoolib/__init__.py

@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ ArchivePrograms = {
         'extract': ('unzip', '7z'),
         'list': ('unzip', '7z'),
         'test': ('unzip', '7z'),
+        'create': ('zip',),
     },
     'gzip': {
         None: ('gzip', '7z'),

patoolib/programs/zip.py

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright (C) 2010 Bastian Kleineidam
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+"""Archive commands for the zip program."""
+
+def create_zip (archive, encoding, cmd, *args, **kwargs):
+    """Create a ZIP archive."""
+    cmdlist = [cmd]
+    # XXX if archive already exists, use zip -u (update)?
+    cmdlist.append('-r')
+    if kwargs['verbose']:
+        cmdlist.append('--verbose')
+    cmdlist.append(archive)
+    cmdlist.extend(args)
+    return cmdlist

tests/__init__.py

@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ class ArchiveTest (unittest.TestCase):
             # not all programs can test what they create
             if self.program == 'compress':
                 program = 'gzip'
+            elif self.program == 'zip':
+                program = 'unzip'
             else:
                 program = self.program
             patoolib._handle_archive(archive, 'test', program=program)

tests/test_archives.py

@@ -114,6 +114,11 @@ class TestArchives (ArchiveTest):
         self.archive_list('t.jar')
         self.archive_test('t.jar')
 
+    @needs_program('zip')
+    def test_zip (self):
+        self.program = 'zip'
+        self.archive_create('t.zip')
+
     @needs_program('gzip')
     def test_gzip (self):
         self.program = 'gzip'

tests/test_foo_archives.py

@@ -133,6 +133,12 @@ class TestArchives (ArchiveTest):
         self.archive_list('t.jar.foo')
         self.archive_test('t.jar.foo')
 
+    @needs_program('file')
+    @needs_program('zip')
+    def test_zip (self):
+        self.program = 'zip'
+        self.archive_create('t.zip.foo', format="zip")
+
     @needs_program('file')
     @needs_program('gzip')
     def test_gzip (self):