zip(zipfile,source)

Uses standard ZIP to bundle whatever source files are specified.

Syntax

o_zip(zipfile,source): zipfile: scalar Text - zip file that is to be created; source: scalar Text - list of file(s) that are to be added to the zip file; return: none

Usage

This uses the standard ZIP specification to bundle an arbitrary set of files and directories into a single package. Zip is a long time industry standard and is universally available.

Location

menu: veeos ==> system ==> zip

library: sysLib

Example

o_zip("C:\temp\veebackups.zip" , "C:\temp\*.bak" ) grabs all of the file in C:\temp that have a bak extension and bundles them into the file veebackups.zip.

Notes

This function uses the present working directory as a reference so absolute paths are generally needed.

Reference

ZIP specification

Supported On

VEE 7.0+, Windows XP+