Simple way to create and read zip files, platform independet

[ohoeppner]

Hello,

I am searching for a simple way to zip and unzip files with C++. I did some reasearch with Google, but there are so much options and I don't know wich to choose.

The library has to meet the following requirements:
- compress files from memory to zip. The data is some large string in C++ and should be written to disk into a zip file without creating a text file before. The text-file should be contained into the zip-file.
Something like "CreateZip(String strText, "TextFile.txt", "Archive.zip")"
- the same the other way round: read a large text file directly from the zip into the memory
- platform independet, should work with Windows 7/XP and Linux
- would be nice, if it's a small library and simply to use

I've already tryed Zip Utils, but it only seem's to work with Windows.

Thanks for help.

[MiiNiPaa]

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8328357/cross-platform-file-archiving
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/267455/c-cross-platform-zlib-simplifer-wrapper
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3220549/the-best-zip-library-with-public-domain-license

I suggest to use boost::iostreams + basic_gzip_compressor filter.

[ohoeppner]

MiniZip from the zlib-Project did the job.