RubyZip - files from different directories have path in zip

Question

Hi,

I'm trying to use RubyZip to package up some files. At the moment I have a method which happily zips on particular directory and sub-directories.

def zip_directory(zipfile)
 Dir["#{@directory_to_zip}/**/**"].reject{|f| reject_file(f)}.each do |file_path|
  file_name = file_path.sub(@directory_to_zip+'/','');
  zipfile.add(file_name, file_path)
 end
end

However, I want to include a file from a completely different folder. I have a the following method to solve this:

def zip_additional(zipfile)
 additional_files.reject{|f| reject_file(f)}.each do |file_path|
  file_name = file_path.split('\\').last
  zipfile.add(file_name, file_path)
 end
end

While the file is added, it also copies the directory structure instead of placing the file at the root of the folder. This is really annoying and makes it more difficult to work with.

How can I get around this?

Thanks

Ben

Answer 1

there is setting to include (or exclude) the full path for zip libraries, check that setting

Answer 2

Turns out it was because the filename had the pull path in. My split didn't work as the path used a / instead of a . With the path removed from the filename it just worked.