v2.4.6 new zip compression method 'Deflated'

Author: g0h4n

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2.4.6 - 2026-01-09
+
+Update Zip Compression Method. Currently the zip is in stored format, opting to change to deflated to save disk space.
+Special thanks to [Spyr0](https://github.com/spyr0-sec) for pull request [#28](https://github.com/g0h4n/RustHound-CE/commit/0b33a16eb77044c8f68b6643c542c70b1e455afc).
+
 ## 2.4.5 - 2025-12-01
 
 Testing the GitHub Workflow Action for Rust compilation. Special thanks to [@aancw](https://github.com/aancw) for providing the GitHub workflow action.

Cargo.lock

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ keywords = ["bloodhound", "pentest", "ldap", "tokio", "async"]
 repository = "https://github.com/g0h4n/RustHound-CE"
 homepage = "https://github.com/g0h4n/RustHound-CE"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/rusthound-ce/"
-version = "2.4.5"
+version = "2.4.6"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
 readme = "README.md"

Cargo.toml

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ use log::{info, debug, trace};
 use std::fs;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{Seek, Write};
+use std::error::Error;
+
 use zip::result::ZipResult;
 use zip::write::{SimpleFileOptions, ZipWriter};
 
@@ -76,12 +78,13 @@ pub fn add_file<T: LdapObject>(
    domain: &String,
    path: &String,
    json_result: &HashMap<String, String>
- ){
+ ) -> Result<String, Box<dyn Error>> {
    let final_path = format!("{}/{}_{}_rusthound-ce.zip",path,datetime,domain);
    let mut file = File::create(&final_path).expect("Couldn't create file");
    create_zip_archive(&mut file, json_result).expect("Couldn't create archive");
 
    info!("{} created!",&final_path.bold());
+   Ok(final_path)
  }
 
 

src/json/maker/common.rs

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use crate::utils::date::return_current_fulldate;
 pub mod common;
 
 /// This function will create json output and zip output
-pub fn make_result(common_args: &Options, ad_results: ADResults) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+pub fn make_result(common_args: &Options, ad_results: ADResults) -> Result<String, Box<dyn Error>> {
    // Format domain name
    let filename = common_args.domain.replace(".", "-").to_lowercase();
 
@@ -126,11 +126,11 @@ pub fn make_result(common_args: &Options, ad_results: ADResults) -> Result<(), B
    )?;
    // All in zip file
    if common_args.zip {
-      common::make_a_zip(
+      return Ok(common::make_a_zip(
          &datetime,
          &filename,
          &common_args.path,
-         &json_result);
+         &json_result)?)
    }
-   Ok(())
+   Ok(String::from("No zip full path"))
 }