zar is a zip clone with a tar-like interface.

• I often forget the -r option in the native zip command.
  • I prefer a tar-like interface, but my colleagues are not familiar with tar archives, so I have to use zip archives.
• I want to know whether filenames are encoded in UTF-8.
  • The fifth field of the output that zar tvf indicates the encoding of the filename.
    • U ... UTF8
    • A ... NonUTF8(ANSI)
• Are the files stored correctly in the archive?
  • zar --md5 -tvf shows the MD5 checksums of the files in the archive
  • zar --sha1 -tvf shows the sha1 checksums of the files in the archive
  • zar --sha256 -tvf shows the sha256 checksums of the files in the archive

$ zar --md5 -tvf zar-noversion-linux-amd64.zip
b52fa7c45800545279d3a8264484386b -rw-rw-rw-  694516 2021/10/23 00:28 U zar

• zar cvf ARCHIVE.zip [files...]
• zar cvf - [files...] > ARCHIVE.ZIP

Filenames are always encoded in UTF-8.

• --remove-files removes files from disk after they are added to the archive.
• -C DIRECTORY changes the working directory

• zar tvf ARCHIVE.zip [files...]
• zar tvf - [files...] < ARCHIVE.ZIP *

• --md5 shows MD5 checksums of files in the archive

• zar xvf ARCHIVE.zip [files...]
• zar xvf - [files...] < ARCHIVE.ZIP *

• Reading the archive from STDIN is slower because ZIP stores the file list at the end, so a temporary file is needed for random access.
• By golang's "archive/zip" package.

Download the binary package from Releases and extract the executable.

brew install eget        # Unix-like systems
# or
scoop install eget       # Windows

cd (YOUR-BIN-DIRECTORY)
eget hymkor/zar

scoop install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hymkor/zar/master/zar.json

or

scoop bucket add hymkor https://github.com/hymkor/scoop-bucket
scoop install zar

go install github.com/hymkor/zar@latest

Note: go install places the executable in $HOME/go/bin or $GOPATH/bin, so you need to add this directory to your $PATH to run zar.

• MIT License

• eqawasm (Ethar A Qawasmeh)

• HAYAMA Kaoru (a.k.a zetamatta)