Go Zip Example

An example of how to zip a directory in Go.

Utilizes filepath.Walk to traverse a directory (or single file)
Handles each of
- Files (deflated, compressed)
- Directories (empty, not compressed)
- Symlinks (not compressed)
- Skips irregular files (pipes, sockets, devices, chars)
Names zip file after the name of the directory
Trims path prefix

git clone https://git.coolaj86.com/coolaj86/go-examples.git
pushd go-examples/zip

go run . path/to/whatever

wrote whatever.zip

Separates concerns into functions for readability:

func main()
func Zip(w io.Writer, src string, trim string) error
- zipOne
  - zipDirectory
  - zipFile
  - zipSymlink