Zipping Things Using Objective-C

Question

Hello,

I'm learning Objective-C using GNUstep(because I use Linux). I was thinking in create a simple zipper application only to practice, but how where i can find a tutorial to build it? and which is the common library used to this things in Objective-C? Thanks.

Answer 1

If your want to create an application that mimics gzip probably the best library to use is zlib

although this is a purely c implementation. Also see here: objective-c file compression

Answer 2

1. You could reference the accepted answer to "How can I create a zip file by using Objective-C?", or
2. Objective-C is a superset of C, so you can freely link to whatever C zip library is convenient for you (such as zlib), or
3. You can call out to the zip and unzip shell utilities available on your Linux system and interact with them using pipes or temporary locations for the files.