seven_zip Cookbook

7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. This cookbook installs the full 7-Zip suite of tools (GUI and CLI). This cookbook replaces the older 7-Zip cookbook.

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Requirements

Platforms

Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Windows 8, 8.1
Windows 10
Windows Server 2003 R2
Windows Server 2008 (R1, R2)
Windows Server 2012 (R1, R2)

Chef

Chef >= 13.0

Cookbooks

windows

Attributes

Optional

Key	Type	Description	Default
`['seven_zip']['home']`	String	7-Zip installation directory.
`['seven_zip']['syspath']`	Boolean	If true, adds 7-Zip directory to system PATH environment variable.
`['seven_zip']['default_extract_timeout']`	Integer	The default timeout for an extract operation in seconds. This can be overridden by a resource attribute.	`600`

Usage

default

Add seven_zip::default to your run_list which will download and install 7-Zip for the current Windows platform.

Resource/Provider

seven_zip_archive

Extracts a 7-Zip compatible archive (iso, zip, 7z, etc.) to the specified destination directory.

Actions

:extract - Extract a 7-Zip compatible archive.

Attribute Parameters

path - Name attribute. The destination to extract to.
source - The file path to the archive to extract.
overwrite - Defaults to false. If true, the destination files will be overwritten.
checksum - The archive file checksum.
timeout - The extract action timeout in seconds, defaults to node['seven_zip']['default_extract_timeout'].

Examples

Extract 7-Zip source files to C:\seven_zip_source.

seven_zip_archive 'seven_zip_source' do
  path      'C:\seven_zip_source'
  source    'https://www.7-zip.org/a/7z1805-src.7z'
  overwrite true
  checksum  'd9acfcbbdcad078435586e00f73909358ed8d714d106e064dcba52fa73e75d83'
  timeout   30
end

seven_zip_tool

Download and install 7-zip for the current Windows platform.

Actions

:install - Installs 7-zip
:add_to_path - Add 7-zip to the PATH

Attribute Parameters

package - The name of the package.
path - The install directory of 7-zip.
source - The source URL of the 7-zip package.
checksum - The 7-zip package checksum.

Examples

Install 7-zip in C:\7z and add it to the path.

seven_zip_tool '7z 15.14 install' do
  action    [:install, :add_to_path]
  package   '7-Zip 15.14'
  path      'C:\7z'
  source    'http://www.7-zip.org/a/7z1514.msi'
  checksum  'eaf58e29941d8ca95045946949d75d9b5455fac167df979a7f8e4a6bf2d39680'
end