Reading files inside zip files

LuaZip

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Overview

LuaZip is a lightweight Lua extension library used to read files stored inside zip files. The API is very similar to the standard Lua I/O library API.

LuaZip is free software and uses the same license as Lua 5.x (MIT).

Status

Current version is 1.2.7. It supports Lua (5.1, 5.2, and 5.3) and LuaJIT.

Download

LuaZip can be downloaded via LuaRocks:

luarocks install luazip

History

Version 1.2.7 [05/Sep/2017]

• Fixed error on require when using LuaJIT 2.1.0-beta3.

Version 1.2.6 [05/Nov/2016]

• Fixed compilation error when using LuaJIT.
• Fixed line reading using file:read() and file:lines() returning nil when the last line in the file doesn't have a line ending.
• Fixed file:read(0) always returning zero.

Version 1.2.5 [31/Oct/2016]

Fixed to work on Lua 5.2 and Lua 5.3.

Version 1.2.4 [09/Jun/2014]

Fixed Makefile to work with LuaRocks.

Version 1.2.3 [18/Jun/2007]

Adapted to work on both Lua 5.0 and Lua 5.1.

Version 1.2.2 [24/Mar/2006]

Minor fixes on makefile and config

Version 1.2.1 [08/Jun/2005]

Minor bug fixes

Version 1.2.0 [01/Dec/2004]

Version 1.1.3 [25/Jun/2004]

First Public Release

Credits

LuaZip was designed and coded by Danilo Tuler as part of the Kepler Project.