Archive.Content

Lists content of archive as JSON.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
Archive	Either container with archive or native file path.	"C:\test\test.zip"
Passphrase	Password to use.		Optional
Options	The options to pass to reader. This is a comma-separated list of options. Option names can be prefixed with module name.		Optional Added in version 14.3.

Result

Returns JSON or error.

Description

Examples

Check archive content:

Set Variable [ $list ; Value: MBS("Archive.Content"; If(IsEmpty($Path); $Container; $Path)) ]
If [ MBS("IsError") ]
    Show Custom Dialog [ "Failed to read container" ; $list ]
Else
    Set Field [ $Content ; MBS("JSON.Colorize"; $list) ]
End If

Get content of encrypted archive:

MBS( "Archive.Content";
"/Users/cs/Desktop/invoices-2019-02-12_1924.zip"; /* path to archive (or container) */
"98234kjh245234" /* password */)

Get content of a test zip file:

MBS( "Archive.Content"; "/Users/cs/Desktop/test.zip" )

Example result:
{ "count": 1, "format": "ZIP 2.0 (deflation)", "files": [ { "Encrypted": 0, "EncryptedMetaData": 0, "EncryptedData": 0, "GID": 20, "UID": 501, "NLink": 0, "Size": 400, "ModeString": "-rw-r--r-- ", "Mode": 33188, "XAttrCount": 0, "Permissions": "644", "RDevice": 0, "FileType": "file", "GroupName": "", "UserName": "", "HardLink": "", "PathName": "test.rtf", "SourcePath": "", "SymLink": "", "Flags": "", "SymLinkType": null, "AccessTime": "14.06.2022 14:48:16", "ModificationTime": "14.06.2022 14:48:16", "AttributeModificationTime": "14.06.2022 14:48:16" } ] }

See also

• Archive.FileList
• IsError
• JSON.Colorize

Release notes

• Version 14.5
  • Changed Archive.Content to skip GID, UID, Permissions, RDev, FileType and HardLink fields, if not set.
• Version 14.3
  • Added Options parameter for Archive.Content, Archive.Extract, Archive.ExtractFile, Archive.FileList and Archive.GZipDecompress functions.
• Version 11.1
  • Fixed memory leak in Archive.Content function.
• Version 10.0
  • Fixed problem in Archive.FileList and Archive.Content not returning error if encrypted archive could not be read.
• Version 9.2
  • Changed Archive.Content to return error if archive is broken.
  • Fixed Archive.Content to return flags correctly.

Example Databases

• Archives/Archives

Blog Entries

• MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 14.5pr1
• MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 14.3pr7
• MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 11.1pr2
• Embrace JSON
• MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 9.6pr3
• MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 9.2pr1

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Created 8th December 2018, last changed 4th July 2024

Archive.CompressText - Archive.Create