Create Empty Zip File Using Zip4j Library

Question

I wanna to know How to Create Empty Zip File Using Zip4j Library

Shouldn't this line of code be enough to create an empty zip file? when i am tried it, it isn't work.

ZipFile zipFile1 = new ZipFile(zipFilePath);

my question is for this lib : https://github.com/srikanth-lingala/zip4j

Edit: why all answer told me to create ZipFile nd add file in it then remove that file !! I just wanna create ZipFile directly without any complications, just function get path like "/storage/emulated/0/ZipPro/zipPro.zip" and create this zip file "zipPro.zip"

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`addFile` followed by `removeFile`. Then save that `empty.zip` as resource and use `Files.copy` to create empty zip files. — Joop Eggen, Aug 18 '23 at 17:20
I am just curious as to why you would want to create an empty zip file? Zip4j does not support it out of the box. You probably want to consider the hack in the comment above - i.e., to add a file and then remove that file to/from the zip — Srikanth Reddy Lingala, Aug 19 '23 at 00:24
@JoopEggen hi any another way to create zip file without add an then remove file? — mahmoud hooda, Aug 19 '23 at 15:04
@SrikanthReddyLingala is Zip4j doesn't support to create empty zip file? — mahmoud hooda, Aug 19 '23 at 15:13
If zip4j forgot to implement that, you can use java.util.zip ZipFile or as said use a manually created empty zip. — Joop Eggen, Aug 19 '23 at 16:38
@JoopEggen I know an empty zip can be created with java.util.zip but I want to use only the zip4j library — mahmoud hooda, Aug 20 '23 at 11:42
`new ZipFile("filename.zip").addFiles(new File[0]);` you probably already tried first. — Joop Eggen, Aug 20 '23 at 16:21

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 18 '23 at 17:22

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            File file = new File("path/to/folder/FOLDER_NAME");
            if(!file.exists())
                file.mkdir();
            ZipFile zipFile = new ZipFile(file);
            zipFile.extractAll(file.getPath());

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answered Aug 18 '23 at 17:22

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This should be down voted as you try to use a directory as file. – blackapps Aug 18 '23 at 20:40
@blackapps your affirmation is based on what? – FARS Aug 19 '23 at 03:42
@FARS see me edit what i want? – mahmoud hooda Aug 19 '23 at 15:10
@FARS you answer [extractAll] file from Zip file and i don't want that, i wanna just create empty zip file by only [path] like this path /storage/emulated/0/ZipPro/zipPro.zip – mahmoud hooda Aug 19 '23 at 15:12

Create Empty Zip File Using Zip4j Library

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