cfzipparam

Provides additional information to the cfzip tag.
The cfzipparam tag is always a child tag of the cfzip tag.

<cfzipparam>

cfzipparam();

Attribute Reference

charset string
Default: `encoding of the host machine`

Converts string content into binary data before putting
it into a ZIP or JAR file.

Used only when cfzip
action="zip" and the cfzipparam content is a string

Values:

JIS
RFC1345
UTF-16

content string

Content written to the ZIP or JAR entry.

Used only when cfzip action="zip".
Valid content data types are binary and string. If you specify the content
attribute, you must specify the entrypath attribute.

entrypath string

Pathname used:
For cfzip action="zip", it is the entrypath used. This is valid only
when the source is a file. The entrypath creates a subdirectory within
the ZIP or JAR file.
For cfzip action="unzip", it is the pathname to unzip.
For cfzip action="delete", it is the pathname to delete from the
ZIP or JAR file.

filter string

File filter applied to the action. For example, for the zip action,
all the files in the source directory matching the filter are zipped.

prefix string

String added as a prefix to the ZIP or JAR entry.

Used only
when cfzip action="zip".

recurse boolean
Default: `true`

Recurse the directory to be zipped, unzipped, or deleted,
as specified by the cfzip parent tag.

Values:

true
false

source string

Source directory or file.

Used only when cfzip action="zip".
Specified file(s) are added to the ZIP or JAR file:
If you specify source attribute for the cfzip tag, the
cfzipparam source is relative to it.
If you do not specify a source attribute for the cfzip
tag, the cfzipparam source must be an absolute path.

Examples
Sample code using the cfzipparam tag

Add a series of files to a zip file

Adding the contents of a folder to a zip

var fileList = directoryList(expandPath('/'), false, 'path', '*.jpg');

cfzip( file = 'allJPGs.zip' ) {
  fileList.each((zipFile)=>{
    cfzipparam( source = zipFile );
  })
}

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