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[stephen barncard]

How does your script compare to Trevor's code for this?

On 13 February 2011 13:19, Mark Schonewille <
m.schonewille at economy-x-talk.com> wrote:

> Klaus,
>
> I have just written a script that zips files inside a folder including that
> folder. The only thing I don't get done (yet) is to include empty folders.
> Any ideas?
>
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> On 10 feb 2011, at 21:54, Klaus on-rev wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Am 10.02.2011 um 21:40 schrieb Björnke von Gierke:
> >
> >> it was always possible to zip a folder. as long as you go and
> recoursively add all the stuff within the folder to the folder hieararchy
> within the zip. and do the reverse for unzipping of course.
> >
> > Again, that's what I wanted to avoid.
> >
> >> not trivial, but not impossible either.
> >
> > ...and tedious anyway :-)
> >
> >> (note: haven't done it myself)
> >
> > AHA! :-D
> >
> > So my conclusion is, although noone answered my question directly, one
> cannot ZIP a folder INCLUDING the folder!
> >
>
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