Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Hi
I am trying to write a map that takes all files from a folder, zips them and places them in a different folder.
Yes, that sounds like a pretty straight forward map.
When I give the input card an absolute path to a file it works and zips, but when I use a wildcard character to get everything in the folder - like E:\testfolder\* I get a source not availble. I have also tried with ? as the wildcard character.
I run the map with the eventserver.
Maybe the input type tree is just wrong.
I have a group with an item(s) in it.

Any ideas.

Thanks.
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

I use

FILE,\\sv_nt_gos101\mercatormaps67\logs\LogArchive.zip,*.bak

for the zip adapter ok in 6.5.1 & 6.7.1 under the event server.
You don't need to read the files in an input card. You just need something to trigger the map - time event or file event?
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Hi Janhess
Thanks for your reply.
I deleted the inputcard and the rule on the outputcard now looks like this.
=VALID(
PUT("ZIP","FILE,test.zip","\files\*txt"),
FAIL(LASTERRORCODE() + ": " + LASTERRORMSG()))

I get an :
-1: Invalid command line: missing zip file name after 'file' keyword.
I must be doing it the wrong way since it does not recognize my file name?

I must admit that I do not know the difference between using
"memory" and "file" with the zip adapter. I did use Memory but
now tried I with FILE.

Alex
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Alex,
Try this

=VALID(
PUT("ZIP","FILE","test.zip","\files\*txt"),
FAIL(LASTERRORCODE() + ": " + LASTERRORMSG()))

Jan
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

hmm it looks like the rule is invalid.
It complains about a missing bracket ")" .
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

You're right. I should have tested it. This is what I used for zipping a specific file using a run map with 1 output card.
valid(run("ZipFiles","-OAZIP1 FILE,WORKFILES\" + WORD(REVERSEBYTE(word(REVERSEBYTE(getfilename(infile)),"\",1)),".",1) + ".zip," + getfilename(infile)),fail("zip file failed " + TEXT ( LASTERRORCODE ( ) ) + " " + LASTERRORMSG))

It would probably work with a wild card.

PUT version is
=VALID(
put("ZIP","FILE, test.zip,c:\temp\*.txt" ," "),
FAIL("error" + LASTERRORCODE() + ": " + LASTERRORMSG()))
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Hello Jan

Thank you very much for your help.
That worked.

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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Hi
What would be the best way to delete the files from the source directory
after the files have been zipped?

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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

I just run a batch process to delete the files from the last card in the map.
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Hi ,

I think the better way is to run a map per file to delete.
That means call a delete map (1:1 endless text to endeless text) with input overwrite -IF1X .
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

"Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 9:22 am Post subject: Re: Zip

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quote:9ca7e8a26aI think the better way is to run a map per file to delete. [/quote:9ca7e8a26a]

The zip is using wildcards. The map doesn't read in any files so the file names aren't known. Therefore use batch process to delete files with same wildcard.
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