Rename .zip file generated by electron packager

Question

Electron-packager generates folder my-app-win32-x64 but I want this file to be only my-app. I want rest to be removed. I understand electron packager generates .zip file. When this is unzipped it retains the same name.

I tried editing index.js under electron-packager. I am not able to understand this .zip file is generated. So that I can edit the name in which elctron-packager generates this file.

Directory structure:

my-app
/scripts
...
...
/win64
  /my-app-win32-x64   //this directory name must be just my-app
    my-app.exe
    /app

Build script:

"build": "electron-packager --out winx64 --overwrite --platform win32 --appname my-app . --icon=./my_logo.ico --executable-name my-app"

snwflk snwflk · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-03T18:41:34

I don't understand how this relates to any ZIP file at all. electron-packager creates a directory structure with an executable, folders, etc., but no ZIP file.

Electron-packager creates a directory {out}/{appname}-win32-x64 where {out} and {appname} are the given command line parameters.

Since you want this output directory to have a different name, you could simply rename it after it's created.

Linux/Mac:

"build": "electron-packager ... &&    mv   win64/my-app-win32-x64  win64/my-app"

Windows:

"build": "electron-packager ... &&    ren  win64\my-app-win32-x64  win64\my-app"

The && runs the second command only if the first one completes successfully (non-zero exit code).

Rename .zip file generated by electron packager

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