In this tutorial, we will create a Micronaut REST API that generates and returns a ZIP file for download. Table of contents 1. Create a Micronaut Controller 2. Unit Testing the Controller 3. Run the Application 4. Download Source Code 5. References Technologies used: Java 21 Micronaut 4.7.6 Maven 3.9.6 1. Create a Micronaut Controller […]
This article shows how we can compress, update, and decompress multiple files and folders into a tar.gz file using Kotlin. Table of contents: 1. Gzip vs. Java Zip 2. Add Apache Commons Compress Dependency 3. Compressing Files and Folders into a tar.gz 3.1 file name is too long (>100 bytes) 4. Decompressing a tar.gz File […]
In this tutorial, we’ll explore how to create ZIP files, add multiple files and folders to a zip file, add files to an and decompress files using Kotlin. Table of contents: 1. Adding Multiple Files to a ZIP File 2. Adding Multiple Folders to a ZIP File 3. Adding Multiple Files or Directories to an […]
In this tutorial, we show how to use the Zip4j library for handling ZIP files like adding files and directories, updating existing ZIPs, password protection, and encryption. Table of Content: 1. Adding Zip4j Dependency 2. Creating a ZIP File and Adding Files 3. Adding a Directory to ZIP 4. Adding Files to an Existing ZIP […]
In this tutorial, we will use the Apache Commons Compress library for handling TAR and GZ compression or tar.gz file. Table of Contents: 1. What is tar.gz? 2. Adding Dependencies 3. Creating a tar.gz File in Java 4. Extracting a tar.gz File in Java 5. Adding Files or Directories to an Existing tar.gz File 6. […]
In this tutorial, we will learn how to unzip a ZIP file using Java’s built-in java.util.zip package, while also discussing the Zip Slip vulnerability and how to avoid it. Table of Contents: 1. Extracting a ZIP File in Java 2. Understanding the Zip Slip Vulnerability What is Zip Slip? How to Prevent Zip Slip? Secure […]
Learn how to easily zip files and directories in Java using `java.util.zip`, `Files.copy`, and the Zip File System Provider.
A few examples to show the use of tar command to create a .tar.gz file on Linux. Table of contents 1. Create, list and extract a .tar.gz file 2. What is tarball or .tar.gz? 3. Create a .tar.gz file 3.1 Tar and compress a file 3.2 Tar and compress multiple files 3.3 Tar and compress […]