How to write a zip file without loading the whole source files or the zip file into memory?

[georgeu2000]

zipfile.add(filename, folder + '/' + filename) seems to be using a large amount of memory.

What is a good way to add a file to a zip file using a minimum of memory?

[mnaberez]

This was reported in #233 and should be fixed by #250.

[georgeu2000]

OK, thanks for the info.

I was able to make it work this way. I guess it won't handle encryption...

  Zip::File.open( zipfile_name, Zip::File::CREATE ) do | zipfile |
    files.each.with_index(1) do | filename, i |
      append_file zipfile, filename, "#{ local_path }/#{ filename }"
    end
  end

  BUFFER_SIZE = 1000000
  def append_file zipfile, filename, path_and_file
    zipfile.get_output_stream( filename ) do | os | 
      open( path_and_file ) do | f |
        while buffer = f.read( BUFFER_SIZE )
          os.write buffer
        end
      end
    end
  end

[sandstrom]

I'm doing some issue gardening 🌱🌿 🌷 and came upon this issue. Since it's quite old I just wanted to ask if this is still relevant? If it isn't, maybe we can close this issue?

By closing some old issues we reduce the list of open issues to a more manageable set.