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From:
Randy W. Sims
Date:
December 18, 2003 21:47
Subject:
Re: Zip using Perl
Message ID:
3FE290C4.4070201@ThePierianSpring.org
On 12/19/2003 12:38 AM, Manish Uskaikar wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I would like to "zip" a file using perl script. I used following command:-
>
> system ("zip <zip name> <file name>");
>
> However this command fails when the filename is more than 8 characters. Since DOS does not support more than 8 characters. Is there any way by which I can zip a file, whose name is 9+ characters long? I am working on Windows 2000.
Try Archive::Zip
Regards,
Randy.
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