How to update text file content in zip file in java

Question

I have a zipfile File filepath = new File("c:/template.zip). And I have a name.txt inside c:/template.zip/template/name.txt. I need to update the contents of name.txt. I tried with below code, but i failed to update it.

try {
    FileUtils.writeStringToFile(filepath, "hi", false);
}catch (IOException e) {
     e.printStackTrace();   
}

possible duplicate of [Modifying a text file in a ZIP archive in Java](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11502260/modifying-a-text-file-in-a-zip-archive-in-java) — Bruno Marco Visioli, Aug 06 '15 at 12:08
you can not write in .zip file, you have to extract the zipentry(file) and then write in it and then zip it. — Nitesh Virani, Aug 06 '15 at 12:09

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:30

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Java can not reference a zipped text file content directly, the correct way would be

opening the zip file
getting the correct file content
change the content this is a thread,where Shiva showing how to do it

edited May 23 '17 at 10:30

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answered Aug 06 '15 at 12:13

Igor Iris

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How to update text file content in zip file in java

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