probs with pkzip 2

[Wilber007]

hello people,

i am having a few difficulties with pkzip, here is my sub:

Public Sub compress_files_to_zip()

Shell "pkzip C:\LR98\DESKTOP\VB\temp\ftp.zip C:\LR98\DESKTOP\VB\temp\tempFTP.txt"
Shell "pkzip C:\LR98\DESKTOP\VB\temp\IPscan.zip C:\LR98\DESKTOP\VB\temp\tempIPscan.txt"
Shell "pkzip C:\LR98\DESKTOP\VB\temp\PingFlood.zip C:\LR98\DESKTOP\VB\temp\tempPingFlood.txt"
Shell "pkzip C:\LR98\DESKTOP\VB\temp\PortScan.zip C:\LR98\DESKTOP\VB\temp\tempPortScan.txt"
Shell "pkzip C:\LR98\DESKTOP\VB\temp\smtp.zip C:\LR98\DESKTOP\VB\temp\tempsmtp.txt"
Shell "pkzip C:\LR98\DESKTOP\VB\temp\SynFlood.zip C:\LR98\DESKTOP\VB\temp\tempSynFlood.txt"

End Sub

now for some reason some of the lines will work & compress the txt files and some lines won't compress, with the message 'nothing to do'.

any ideas?

most appreciative,
wilber007

 

[Darrylles]

Hi W,

'Nothing to do' usually indicates an empty file, i.e. zero kb filesize.

Regards,

Darrylle "Never argue with an idiot, he'll bring you down to his level - then beat you with experience." darrylles@totalise.co.uk

 

[Wilber007]

that was my first thought that the files were too small, but even when i bumped up the sizes to over 100 kb each, it still came up with the same problem and error message!

its very frustrating!!

 

[DavePilot]

I had a similar problem using the command line interface for WinZip. I ended up hardcoding the double quote " and that seemed to fix the problem.

Try something like this
const kPkzip = "pkzip "
dim strSource as string
dim strDest as string

strSource = Chr(34) & "C:\LR98\DESKTOP\VB\temp\tempFTP.txt" & Chr(34)
strDest = Chr(34) & "C:\LR98\DESKTOP\VB\temp\ftp.zip" & Chr(34)

Shell kPkzip & strDest & " " & strSource

Again that seemed to be the fix for me using the WinZip command line interface. It also seems a little strange that the destination is listed first in the command line. I haven't used pkzip but it seems that it's typical to see the source first then destination??

Hope that helps,
Dave

 

[Darrylles]

Hi,

pkzip [options] destination source
pkunzip [options] destination source

always has worked like this since year dot.

(Must have originated from Unix programmers - lol).

Regards,

Darrylle "Never argue with an idiot, he'll bring you down to his level - then beat you with experience." darrylles@totalise.co.uk