Perl Script to add a file to a .zip and then delete

[JohnnyMCE]

I have been trying and can't get things to work as a whole. I will give you the scenario and what I am trying to do.

For example. Currently every night a uniquely named txt file is getting dropped onto my main C:\ drive. I want to create a script I can schedule to run each morning that will look for that file and then add it to a .zip file elsewhere and then delete the original text file. This is all on a windows machine.

Right now I have been trying to do this just with static names and have been unable to get the syntax to work out properly.

 

[esun]

Post your code. Otherwise we can't debug it without writing the whole thing for you.

 

[Ken g6]

Also, what are you using to add a file to a zip? 7-zip?

I'm thinking of a batch file:

7z a archive.zip *.txt && del *.txt

 

[Daverino]

The zipping seems best done with system commands.

-e $file && system ("gzip $file") && unlink $file;

Replace gzip with your favorite zipping program.

 

[Cogman]

The zipping seems best done with system commands.

-e $file && system ("gzip $file") && unlink $file;

Replace gzip with your favorite zipping program.

'cept he is using windows. The windows browser natively supports opening zip archives, it would be somewhat surprising to me if you can't update them... Oh well.