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jacquesperrin
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How to unzip a file on vRO server

Hi all

I would like to know how to unzip a file in a folder on vRO server.

I'm able to zip files (with ZipWriter), but I don't know how to unzip, except by running a command "var command = new Command("unzip ...")" but I would like to avoid to do that for security reasons.

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Jacques

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jacquesperrin
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Hi

I finaly use a "command.execute" to unzip files, but it will be great if VMware add a ZipWriter function to vRO.

Thanks for your help

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iiliev
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Hi,

vRO does not provide a scripting API to work with zip files (apart from the ZipWriter class which you already found out). And I'm not aware of a vRO plug-in that provides such functionality.

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cdecanini_
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There was indeed a zipReader scripting object as part of the LivecycleManager plug-in part of the LifecycleManager product we got years ago.

I remember requesting this functionality to be merged in the platform since we already got the zip writer but it never made it. This could be a low hanging fruit that would avoid having to use  commands on the appliance or on external hosts.

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jacquesperrin
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Hi

I finaly use a "command.execute" to unzip files, but it will be great if VMware add a ZipWriter function to vRO.

Thanks for your help

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