bestzip

This module provides a bestzip command that calls the native zip command if available and otherwise falls back to a Node.js implementation.

The native zip method on OS X is both faster and ~ twice as efficient as the Node.js version, while Windows has no native zip command.

Global command line usage

npm install -g bestzip
bestzip destination.zip source/ [other sources...]

Command line usage within package.json scripts

npm install --save bestzip

package.json:

{
    //...
    "scripts": {
        "build" "...",
        "zip": "bestzip bundle.zip source/*",
        "upload": "....",
        "deploy": "npm run build && npm run zip && npm run upload"
    }
}

Pragmatic usage from within Node.js

var zip = require('bestzip');

var files = [];

zip('./destination.zip', ['source/', 'other_soure_file.js'], function(err) {
    if  (err) {
        console.error(err.stack);
        process.exit(1);
    } else {
        console.log('all done!');
    }
});

Todo

• Fix bug when source contains ../
• Test if using a vbscript or whatever on Windows results in significantly better performance.

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2014 Nathan Friedly - http://nfriedly.com/

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