node-archiver destination folder

Question

I'm using node-archiver to zip some files and in the zip file I find the archived files under the directory where was zipped from.

So in the zip file, 'myfile.txt' is under this sort of directory: 'home/ubuntu/some_folder/another_folder/' I want to have the files in the root directory of the zip file.

This is the code I suspect that is in charge with this:

archive.bulk(
   {src: filePaths}
);

Its documentation is here although I don't see how to do it.

Any ideas?

No, not yet, I just had a workaround. – George I. Jul 13 '15 at 13:10 — George I., Jul 13 '15 at 13:10

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 25 '15 at 15:05

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Just add expand:true, flatten:true and indicate what name you want to use for destination folder (dest: 'destinationfoldername/')

archive.bulk(
   {src: filePaths, dest:'destinationfoldername/', expand:true, flatten:true}
);

It workerd for me

answered Oct 25 '15 at 15:05

Berio

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the bulk() method is now deprecated. Do you know how to flatten file names (remove directories from them) using the glob() or directory() methods? – Robert Oschler Jun 27 '17 at 00:37
Not sure about glob, but for directory just supply an empty string as [`destpath`](https://www.archiverjs.com/archiver#directory): `.directory(dirpath, '')` – dwelle Dec 08 '20 at 21:52

node-archiver destination folder

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