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    zip Folder

    I need to zip a folder containing up to 50 sub-folders for backup.

    I've been trying file_zip() without success; e.g. file.zip(full_zip_filename,filename + chr(92) + "*.*")

    Ideas?

    Thanks ~ Tom

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    Re: zip Folder

    So the file_zip will ONLY zip FILES not FOLDERS. I need a folder_zip function.

    Ideas?

    ~ Tom

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      #3
      Re: zip Folder

      Tom:

      Try this code and see if it works for you.

      You can't run the file list for the current folder unless you remove any file that might be open from the list. So test it on an external folder where no files are open or in use.

      When I ran this on a relatively small folder it worked fine, but not on a copy of my app folder which has 76,000 files in it (many sub-folders with many files.) The list was always created fine, but the zip creation failed every time.

      Code:
      fmt1 = FILE_FIND_NORMAL
      strt = "d:\aaaa\bbbbbb\ccccccc" +chr(92)
      gfiles = "*.*"
      fmt2 = "PN"
      fname = "D:\temp\flist.txt"
      lst = filefind.get_recurse(strt,gfiles,fmt1,fmt2)
      save_to_file(lst,fname)
      zipfile = "D:\temp\test.zip"
      opts = "D,"
      if file.exists(zipfile) then
      	file.remove(zipfile)
      end if
      res = file.zip(zipfile,lst,Opts,strt)
      if res then
      	msg_txt = "The zip file was created!"
      	else
      		msg_txt = "The zip file not was created!"
      end if
      msgbox("",msg_txt)
      This uses filefind.get_recurse() to create a list of the subfolders and their contents, then processes the list. The zip contents are listed relative to the starting folder.
      Substitute your own folder location into "strt" and your output file name into "zipfile". I save the list only so you can check the list contents.

      I was tring to do this myself a couple of years ago and gave up on the Alpha methods apart from the filefind.get() and filefind.get_recurse(). I ended up creating the list, saving it to a file then creating a batch file on the fly to run with sys_shell_wait() containing a WinRar command line. Works every time.
      Finian

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        #4
        Re: zip Folder

        Finian - it worked first time. FANTASTIC!

        Thank you very much. Now I can go to sleep!

        ~ Tom

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          #5
          Re: zip Folder

          Happy to help.

          The file.zip() function appears to have some sort of limitation, either in the number of files or the output file size. I checked the folder that wouldn't zip with that code and it has 200+ folders, 75,000 + files and is approx 12gigs in size. I used my trusty explorer substitute (Total Commander) this morning and it zipped down to about 8gigs. There are thousands of image files, hence the low rate of compression.
          Finian

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            #6
            I know this is old, but I thought windows has a limit on the size of .zip files (I thought it was 2gig zipped).
            Gregg
            https://paiza.io is a great site to test and share sql code

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              #7

              4 GB size is a limitation for an old zip format. And it is a limit for any file on FAT32 disks. A modern version of ZIP is almost unlimited (it has about 16 exabytes)
              See our Hybrid Option here;
              https://hybridapps.example-software.com/


              Apologies to anyone I haven't managed to upset yet.
              You are held in a queue and I will get to you soon.

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