# Creating zip files **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [September 14, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/creating-zip-files/68686 "2006-09-14T15:46:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dmorin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f0a364/32.png) [@dmorin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dmorin)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/creating-zip-files/68686/1 "2006-09-14T15:46:15Z")
I’m sure this is a common question – is there a plugin/lib/gem for generating and manipulating zip files from Ruby? ---
**Author:** ![dmorin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f0a364/32.png) [@dmorin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dmorin)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/creating-zip-files/68686/2 "2006-09-14T16:51:59Z")
Duane M. wrote: > I’m sure this is a common question – is there a plugin/lib/gem for > generating and manipulating zip files from Ruby? Never mind, I found “rubyzip” which appears to be the one. Nicely packaged up as a gem and so on. d ---
**Author:** ![dmorin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f0a364/32.png) [@dmorin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dmorin)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 6:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/creating-zip-files/68686/3 "2006-09-14T18:15:17Z")
Duane M. wrote: > I’m sure this is a common question – is there a plugin/lib/gem for > generating and manipulating zip files from Ruby? [http://rubyzip.sourceforge.net/](http://rubyzip.sourceforge.net/) Google for ruby zip would have told you just as much ;). ---
**Author:** ![dmorin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f0a364/32.png) [@dmorin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dmorin)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 6:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/creating-zip-files/68686/4 "2006-09-14T18:15:19Z")
> > > sender: “Duane M.” date: “Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 10:47:01PM +0900” \<\<\ > > I’m sure this is a common question – is there a plugin/lib/gem for > > > generating and manipulating zip files from Ruby? > > > gem can be used for searching just as well as for installing: ~\>\> gem search -r zip \*\*\* REMOTE GEMS \*\*\* rubyzip (0.9.1, 0.5.12, 0.5.11, 0.5.9, 0.5.8, 0.5.7, 0.5.5) rubyzip is a ruby module for reading and writing zip files … Cheers, Alex ---
**Author:** ![dmorin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f0a364/32.png) [@dmorin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dmorin)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 6:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/creating-zip-files/68686/5 "2006-09-14T18:15:18Z")
On 9/14/06, Duane M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I’m sure this is a common question – is there a plugin/lib/gem for > generating and manipulating zip files from Ruby? > > – > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). > > [http://rubyzip.sourceforge.net/](http://rubyzip.sourceforge.net/) > well it is not on rubyforge but still the following would have been > sufficent > [ruby zip - Google Search](http://www.google.com/search?q=ruby+zip) – Deux choses sont infinies : l’univers et la bêtise humaine ; en ce qui concerne l’univers, je n’en ai pas acquis la certitude absolue. - Albert Einstein ---
**Author:** ![dmorin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f0a364/32.png) [@dmorin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dmorin)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/creating-zip-files/68686/6 "2006-09-14T18:38:48Z")
ajalkane wrote: > Duane M. wrote: > > > I’m sure this is a common question – is there a plugin/lib/gem for > > generating and manipulating zip files from Ruby? > > [http://rubyzip.sourceforge.net/](http://rubyzip.sourceforge.net/) > > Google for ruby zip would have told you just as much ;). In my defense I googled “ruby create zip files” thinking that I would avoid getting more generic references to just any old zip file associated with Ruby, but I ended up getting the reverse effect and did get lots of irrelevant stuff with no mention of the ruby zip gem in sight. Since such a thing did not leap out at me, I posted. But then a minute later I found it and posted a “never mind”, and after that everybody started responding :).