require 'zip' class ZipFileGenerator # Initialize with the directory to zip and the location of the output archive. def initialize(input_dir, output_file) @input_dir = input_dir @output_file = output_file end # Zip the input directory. def write entries = Dir.entries(@input_dir) - %w(. ..) ::Zip::File.open(@output_file, ::Zip::File::CREATE) do |io| write_entries entries, '', io end end private # A helper method to make the recursion work. def write_entries(entries, path, io) entries.each do |e| zip_file_path = path == '' ? e : File.join(path, e) disk_file_path = File.join(@input_dir, zip_file_path) puts "Deflating #{disk_file_path}" if File.directory? disk_file_path recursively_deflate_directory(disk_file_path, io, zip_file_path) else put_into_archive(disk_file_path, io, zip_file_path) end end end def recursively_deflate_directory(disk_file_path, io, zip_file_path) io.mkdir zip_file_path subdir = Dir.entries(disk_file_path) - %w(. ..) write_entries subdir, zip_file_path, io end def put_into_archive(disk_file_path, io, zip_file_path) io.get_output_stream(zip_file_path) do |f| f.puts(File.open(disk_file_path, 'rb').read) end end end