zip file directory structure, setting a parent directory

[fils]

I need some help with creating zip files from the datapackage.json file.

I've been able to programmatically generate the datapackage.json and move files around so that I can then generate the zip files. However, all my files unzip into the CWD. That is there is no master, top level parent directory for the data package structure to end up in.

So I end up with something like

Archive:  testproj2.zip
  Length      Date    Time    Name
---------  ---------- -----   ----
      470  2018-04-26 08:47   datapackage.json
      879  2018-04-26 08:47   data/data.csv
       78  2018-04-26 08:47   data/population.csv
       78  2018-04-26 08:47   data/subbin21/subsub/test.csv
---------                     -------
     1505                     4 files

However, I am actually generating this in a directory called testproj2.

Am I missing a way to generate the zip file such that when it unzips it unzips into a directory named testproj2 with the above structure inside it?

Thanks!

[danielfireman]

Hi Doug,

Not sure if I understood correctly your question, but let's try to answer in parts:

Keep the structure inside the zip package

I've just modified the zip example to have the data in a subdirectory. Then, running go run main.go, I've got the zip with the following structure:

unzip -l package.zip 
Archive:  package.zip
  Length      Date    Time    Name
---------  ---------- -----   ----
      548  2018-05-01 10:01   datapackage.json
      183  2018-05-01 10:01   data/data.csv
---------                     -------
      731                     2 files

Then I created a new directory, moved package.zip there and unzipped. After that, the same structure was created.

Keep the structure outside the zip package

However, I am actually generating this in a directory called testproj2 ... Am I missing a way to generate the zip file such that when it unzips it unzips into a directory named testproj2 with the above structure inside it?

The packaging is completely agnostic regarding the directory structure outside it (including the CWD and so on). It only looks and tries to mimic resources paths. The root directory will be aways where the datapackage.json lives.

If you want to keep everything self-contained within the package, you could solve this problem by adding a field to the descriptor to store the base directory of the datapackage.json (it is totally fine to store metadata in the package descriptor). Then your program could load the package, read the metadata, create the directory and move the package before unzip.

[danielfireman]

Hi @fils , did that answer your question? Can I close this issue?